As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
craftiness, deceitfulness, guile
(noun) the quality of being crafty
craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness
(noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
Source: WordNet® 3.1
craftiness (countable and uncountable, plural craftinesses)
Skill in deception, slyness
Source: Wiktionary
Craft"i*ness (krft"-ns), n.
Definition: Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. Job. v. 13.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 March 2025
(verb) hold one’s ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; “I am standing my ground and won’t give in!”
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.