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ardid — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cunning adjective Clever in a sly or deceptive way, skilled at getting what you want through trickery.
  • ruse noun A clever trick or scheme meant to deceive someone.
  • scheme noun A plan for how to do something, especially an organized or official one.

Senses

ardid is used for these senses in English:

  • cunning The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.
  • ruse (countable, by extension) An action intended to deceive; a trick.
  • scheme A plot or secret, devious plan.

cunning — full definition

  1. adjective Clever in a sly or deceptive way, skilled at getting what you want through trickery.
  2. noun Skill in deceiving or manipulating others; craftiness.

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