Craft"y (kr?ft"?), a. [AS. crftig.] 1. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. [Obs.] "Crafty work."
Piers Plowman.
2. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
A noble crafty man of trees.
Wyclif.
3. Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily. "A pair of crafty knaves."
Shak.
With anxious care and crafty wiles.
J. Baillie.
Syn. -- Skillful; dexterous; cunning; artful; wily; ly; fraudulent; deceitful; subtle; shrewd. See Cunning.
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