Craftiness
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The quality or character of being crafty; artfulness; dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
Skill in
deception
,
slyness
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
noun.
the quality of being crafty
Word Usage
""Written on the Wind," for all its craftiness, is only a glossy soaper; it doesn't touch my heart, though it does tickle my funnybone."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
astuteness
disingenuousness
perspicaciousness
perspicacity
shrewdness
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
artfulness
balls-up
chicane
circumvention
deceitfulness
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
arm
artifice
cunning
stratagem