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- Dictionarycanny/ˈkani/
adjective
- 1. having or showing shrewdness and good judgement, especially in money or business matters: "canny investors will switch banks if they think they are getting a raw deal"
- 2. pleasant; nice: Northern English, Scottish "she's a canny lass"
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Canny means clever or pleasant, especially in business or financial matters. Learn how to use canny in sentences with examples from the Hansard archive and other sources.
Canny means clever, shrewd, or prudent, and also careful, steady, or quiet. It is an adjective or an adverb, and it comes from Scots and regional northern English.
Canny definition: careful; cautious; prudent. See examples of CANNY used in a sentence.
Canny means clever or pleasant, especially in business or financial matters. Learn how to use canny in a sentence, see synonyms and antonyms, and find out how to say canny in different languages.
Canny is an adjective that means clever, shrewd, or careful, especially in business or finance. It can also be used as a noun or an adverb in Scottish and Northeast English dialect.
Canny means shrewd, smart, or clever, but with a self-serving or tricky connotation. Learn more about the word family, usage, and examples of canny and its related terms.
Canny means careful and shrewd, especially in business, or good and nice in Scots dialect. Find out more about its origin, usage, and translations in English and Spanish.
adjective. /ˈkæni/ intelligent, careful and showing good judgement, especially in business or politics. a canny politician. a canny move. He was canny enough to see that they were trying to trap him. Her opponent proved to be more canny than she’d thought. It was a canny move, which brought Palmer in on their side. Topics Personal qualities c2.
Canny is an adjective that means careful and shrewd in one's actions and dealings; clever and cautious. It can also be used as an adverb or an idiom. Learn more about its synonyms, antonyms, origin and examples.
Jun 2, 2024 · Canny has different meanings and pronunciations in English and Scots. It can mean careful, prudent, shrewd, frugal, friendly, or sounding like a tin can.
