cunning in WordNet English dictionary

1. showing inventiveness and skill
   "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"
   clever  cunning  ingenious 
   
2. marked by skill in deception
   "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
   crafty  cunning  dodgy  foxy  guileful  knavish  slick  sly  tricksy  tricky  wily 
   
3. attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
   "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby"
   cunning  cute 
   

1. shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
   craft  craftiness  cunning  foxiness  guile  slyness  wiliness 
   
2. crafty artfulness (especially in deception)
   cunning