Cunning
Devious
Synonyms: Crafty, artful, devious, knowing, designing, slippery, manipulative, deceitful, duplicitous, shrewd, clever, sharp, skilful, resourceful, imaginative, adroit, foxy, fiendish, fly, slim, vulpine, wily, guileful, sly, scheming, tricky, slick, Machiavellian, deceptive, Janus-faced, astute, canny, sharp-witted, ingenious, inventive, deft, dexterous, savvy, sneaky, pawky, subtle, and carny.
Wiliness
Synonyms: Guile, wiliness, deviousness, trickery, duplicity, deceit, shrewdness, cleverness, sharpness, resourcefulness, imagination, adroitness, dexterousness, ploys, stratagems, manoeuvres, tricks, foxiness, craftiness, artfulness, slyness, trickiness, deceitfulness, chicanery, astuteness, canniness, ingenuity, inventiveness, deftness, dexterity, wiles, schemes, tactics, subterfuges, and ruses.
Example Sentences
She devised a cunning plan quickly.
His cunning nature often surprised others.
The fox is known for cunning.
Cunning strategies can win competitions easily.