Associations to the word «Canny»

Wiktionary

CANNY, adjective. Careful, prudent, cautious.
CANNY, adjective. Knowing, shrewd, astute.
CANNY, adjective. Frugal, thrifty.
CANNY, adjective. (Scotland) (Northumbria) Pleasant, fair.
CANNY, adjective. (Northumbria) Very or much.

Dictionary definition

CANNY, adjective. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats