Craftiness \Craft"i*ness\ (kr?ft"?-n?s), n. Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. --Job. v. 13.
craftiness n 1: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception [syn: {craft}, {cunning}, {foxiness}, {guile}, {slyness}, {wiliness}] 2: the quality of being crafty [syn: {deceitfulness}, {guile}]