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- Dictionarycanny/ˈkani/
adjective
- 1. having or showing shrewdness and good judgement, especially in money or business matters: "canny investors will switch banks if they think they are getting a raw deal"
- 2. pleasant; nice: Northern English, Scottish "she's a canny lass"
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Canny means clever or pleasant, especially in business or financial matters. Learn how to use canny in sentences and see translations in different languages.
Canny means clever, shrewd, or prudent, and also careful, steady, or quiet. It is an adjective or an adverb, and it comes from Scots and regional northern English.
Canny means careful, cautious, prudent, astute, skilled, frugal, or pleasing. It can be used as an adjective or an adverb, and it has different meanings in Scottish English.
In contemporary usage, canny is a synonym for shrewd. Both words mean smart or sharp-witted, but they also suggest that someone is smart in a self-serving and possibly even tricky way. Canny is also related to the word cunning — another adjective meaning "wise," but with negative connotations.
Canny means clever or pleasant, especially in business or financial matters. Learn how to use canny in a sentence, see synonyms and antonyms, and find out how to say canny in different languages.
1. shrewd, esp in business; astute or wary; knowing. 2. Scottish and Northeast England dialect. good or nice: used as a general term of approval. 3. Scottish.
Canny means intelligent, careful and showing good judgement, especially in business or politics. Learn how to use this adjective with pictures, pronunciation and usage notes.
