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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Adj
Pronunciation: /ˈkæni/

Definition 1:
• Careful, prudent, cautious.
Example: The politician gave a canny response to the reporter's questions.

Definition 2:
• Natural, normal.
Labels: proscribed

Definition 3:
• Sounding as if it is coming through a tin can.
Labels: especially, of sound

Definition 4:
• Knowing, shrewd, astute.
Example: The canny lawyer knew just how to get what he wanted.

Definition 5:
• Frugal, thrifty.
Example: canny investments
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: abstemious, canny, chary, moderate, cheap, close with a buck, economic, economical, frugal, provident, husbandly, huswifely, parsimonious, penny-pinching, prudent, spareful, sparing, spary, thrifty, tight, tightwad

Definition 6:
• Friendly, pleasant, fair, agreeable; (sometimes) funny.
Example: She's a canny lass hor like!
Labels: Northumbria, Scotland

Definition 7:
• Gentle, quiet, steady.
Example: a canny horse
Example: Be canny with this letter.
Labels: Northumbria, Scotland
Adv
Pronunciation: /ˈkæni/

Definition 1:
• Very, considerably; quite, rather.
Example: a canny long journey
Example: canny near home
Example: That's a canny big horse, man!
Labels: Northumbria, not-comparable

Definition 2:
• Gently, quietly; carefully, skilfully.
Example: he sits very canny
Example: drive canny
Labels: Northumbria, Scotland, not-comparable
Name

Definition 1:
• A surname.

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/canny