Examples of canny in a Sentence
Adjective
a canny card player, good at psyching out his opponents
warm and canny under the woolen bedcovers, we didn't mind the chilly Scottish nights
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Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2025
To the limited extent that The Residence adds up to more than a canny combination of Shondaland conventions and the whodunit trend currently dominating film and TV, the reason is Cordelia.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
Not great, but certainly good, spirited and sweet and filled with wonderful songs and some canny updates to extremely dated material.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Michelle Zauner is too canny (and talented) to be pigeon-holed.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
That’s partially thanks to the canny screenplay by frequent Coogan collaborator Jeff Pope (Philomena, Stan & Ollie) and partially, no make that majorly, to the superb performance by Coogan, whose expert deadpan comic timing and delivery make the film laugh-out-loud funny at times.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2025
To the limited extent that The Residence adds up to more than a canny combination of Shondaland conventions and the whodunit trend currently dominating film and TV, the reason is Cordelia.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
Not great, but certainly good, spirited and sweet and filled with wonderful songs and some canny updates to extremely dated material.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Michelle Zauner is too canny (and talented) to be pigeon-holed.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Canny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canny. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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