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FOXINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does foxiness mean?
• FOXINESS (noun)
The noun FOXINESS has 1 sense:
1. shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
Familiarity information: FOXINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
craft; craftiness; cunning; foxiness; guile; slyness; wiliness
Hypernyms ("foxiness" is a kind of...):
astuteness; perspicaciousness; perspicacity; shrewdness (intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings))
Derivation:
foxy (marked by skill in deception)
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