N. narrowness, closeness,
exility, exiguity 7c, (little) 193, line, hair's breadth, finger's breadth, strip,
streak, vein, monolayer, epitaxial deposition, thinness,
tenuity,
emaciation,
macilency, marcor|,
shaving, slip, thread paper, skeleton, shadow, anatomy,
spindleshanks, lantern jaws, mere skin and bone, middle constriction,
stricture, neck,
waist,
isthmus,
wasp,
hourglass, ridge,
ghaut,
ghat, pass,
ravine, narrowing,
coarctation,
angustation,
tapering, contraction
V. be narrow, narrow,
taper, contract, render narrow, waste away
Adj. narrow, close, slender, thin, fine, thread-like,
finespun,
gossamer, paper-thin,
taper,
slim, slight-made,
scant, scanty,
spare, delicate,
incapacious, contracted, unexpanded &c. (expand ), slender as a thread,
emaciated,
lean,
meager,
gaunt,
macilent,
lank,
lanky,
weedy,
skinny, scrawny slinky,
starved,
starveling, herring gutted, worn to a shadow, lean as a rake, thin as a lath, thin as a whipping post, thin as a wafer, hatchet-faced,
lantern-jawed,
attenuated,
shriveled,
extenuated,
tabid, marcid|,
barebone,
rawboned, monomolecular
N. cunning, craft,
cunningness,
craftiness,
subtlety,
artificiality,
maneuvering,
temporization,
circumvention,
chicane,
chicanery, sharp practice,
knavery,
jugglery,
concealment,
guile, doubling,
duplicity, foul play,
diplomacy, politics,
machiavelism,
jobbery, backstairs influence, art,
artifice,
device,
machination, plot,
maneuver,
stratagem,
dodge, sidestep, artful dodge,
wile,
trick,
trickery,
ruse, ruse de guerre,
finesse, side blow, thin end of the wedge,
shift, go by,
subterfuge,
evasion, white lie,
juggle, tour de force, tricks of the trade, tricks upon travelers, espieglerie, net,
trap, ulysses, machiavel, sly boots, fox,
reynard,
scotchman,
jew,
yankee,
intriguer, intrigant,
floater, indian giver, keener,
repeater V. be cunning, have cut one's eyeteeth,
contrive, live by one's wits,
maneuver,
intrigue,
gerrymander,
finesse, double,
temporize, stoop to conquer, reculer pour mieux sauter,
circumvent, steal a march upon, overreach, throw off one's guard, surprise, snatch a verdict,
waylay, undermine, introduce the thin end of the wedge, play a deep game, play tricks with, ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces,
flatter, make things pleasant, have an ax to grind,
dodge, sidestep, bob and weave
Adj. cunning,
crafty, artful, skillful,
subtle,
feline,
vulpine, cunning as a fox, cunning as a serpent, deep, deep laid, profound, designing,
contriving,
intriguing,
strategic,
diplomatic,
politic,
machiavelian,
timeserving, artificial,
tricky,
tricksy,
wily,
sly,
slim,
insidious,
stealthy, underhand,
subdolous,
deceitful, slippery as an eel,
evasive,
crooked, arch,
pawky,
shrewd, acute, sharp, sharp as a tack, sharp as a needle|,
canny,
astute, leery, knowing, up to snuff, too clever by half, not to be caught with chaff, tactful,
diplomatic,
politic,
polite Phr. diamond cut diamond, a' bis ou a blanc, fin contre fin, "something is rotten in the state of denmark"
