Usually means: Astute, careful, shrewd in judgment.
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  1. canny: Merriam-Webster
  2. canny: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. canny: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. canny: Collins English Dictionary
  5. canny: Vocabulary.com
  6. Canny, canny: Wordnik
  7. canny: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Canny, canny: Wiktionary
  9. canny: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. canny: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. canny: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Canny, canny: Dictionary.com
  13. canny: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. canny: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Canny: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Canny: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. canny: Rhymezone
  18. canny: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. canny: FreeDictionary.org
  20. canny: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. canny: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. canny: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. canny: Legal dictionary

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  2. canny: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. canny: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

(Note: See cannier as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Canny)

▸ adjective:  Careful, prudent, cautious.
▸ adjective:  Knowing, shrewd, astute.
▸ adjective:  Frugal, thrifty.
▸ adjective:  (Scotland, Northumbria) Friendly, pleasant, fair, agreeable; (sometimes) funny.
▸ adjective:  (Scotland, Northumbria) Gentle, quiet, steady.
▸ adverb:  (Northumbria) Very, considerably; quite, rather.
▸ adverb:  (Scotland, Northumbria) Gently, quietly; carefully, skilfully.
▸ adjective:  (especially of sound) Sounding as if it is coming through a tin can.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
cagey, cagy, clever, smart, cautelous, kanny, carefool, cunnin', cankery, cleversome, more...

Opposite:
uncanny, unnatural, weird, strange

Types:
shrewd, astute, cunning, more...

Phrases:
ca' canny, ca canny, no canny, Canny edge detector, Aimee Canny, more...

Adjectives:
gay, ower, scarce, more, unco, little, picturesque

Colors:
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Similar:
cagey, cagy, clever, smart, cautelous, kanny, carefool, cunnin', cankery, cleversome, more...

Opposite:
uncanny, unnatural, weird, strange

Types:
shrewd, astute, cunning, more...

Phrases:
ca' canny, ca canny, no canny, Canny edge detector, Aimee Canny, canny artisan, more...

Adjectives:
gay, ower, scarce, more, unco, little, picturesque

Colors:
    sage green,     soft lavender,     muted teal,     dusty rose,     pale gold, more...



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