DECEITFULNESS

craftiness, deceitfulness, guile

(noun) the quality of being crafty

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

deceitfulness (usually uncountable, plural deceitfulnesses)

The state or quality of being deceitful.

Source: Wiktionary


De*ceit"ful*ness, n.

1. The disposition to deceive; as, a man's deceitfulness may be habitual.

2. The quality of being deceitful; as, the deceitfulness of a man's practices.

3. Tendency to mislead or deceive. "The deceitfulness of riches." Matt. xiii. 22.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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