Explore Canny through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like cagey or clever. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Canny in a sentence
Canny meaning
- Careful, prudent, cautious.
- Knowing, shrewd, astute.
- Frugal, thrifty.
Using Canny
- The main meaning on this page is: Careful, prudent, cautious. | Knowing, shrewd, astute. | Frugal, thrifty.
- Useful related words include: cagey, cagy, clever, smart.
- In the example corpus, canny often appears in combinations such as: the canny, and canny, canny said.
Context around Canny
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Canny
- In this selection, "canny" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, makes, paula, michael, putts, cummins and savers stand out and add context to how "canny" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and makes canny moves to and and some canny marketing skills. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "canny" sits close to words such as abated, aberrations and activations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with canny
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Her “Canny-Beat-A-Margherita” is topped with fresh basil leaves and olive oil. (14 words)
United are having to be more cute, more canny in the transfer market for once. (15 words)
Waterside parish priest Fr Michael Canny said both families have been left with "a sadness of heart". (17 words)
A lay-up down the last and a couple of canny putts in a closing two-under 70 gave Boutier a 15-under aggregate and a two-shot victory over the fast-finishing Hyo-Joo Kim of Korea with China’s Ruoning Yin taking third on 12-under. (48 words)
The Playhouse Theatre in Clare Street is more used to hosting actors who have studiously learned their lines but on 21st January the players from Canny Funny and Improvoke will be setting foot on stage with no idea what they will be performing. (43 words)
Having Al Rafeea play son to his former director and brother to his real-life sister is a decidedly provocative detail that may offer canny viewers the right lens through which to suss out what is really happening to Jana and her family. (43 words)
Example sentences (20)
A lay-up down the last and a couple of canny putts in a closing two-under 70 gave Boutier a 15-under aggregate and a two-shot victory over the fast-finishing Hyo-Joo Kim of Korea with China’s Ruoning Yin taking third on 12-under.
But he was no match for a canny Cummins, who tempted him into a drive that flew straight to Warner who had just been moved to cover from slip.
Canny savers are shifting their hard-earned cash to higher interest rate savings accounts in a blow to High Street banks.
Ezrin’s canny use of occasional strings, most noticeable on the sweeping “Desperado” (not the Eagles’ tune) added a level of class and intricacy rare for rock albums at the time, or since.
For her alleged empty-headedness, Lorelei evinces an unusually developed grasp of the structural iniquities that keep her in the bondage of economic dependency and makes canny moves to resolve the disadvantages hardwired into capitalism.
Her “Canny-Beat-A-Margherita” is topped with fresh basil leaves and olive oil.
Momeni’s attorney, Paula Canny, said today that Momeni “had no idea that Bob Lee was mortally wounded” until the news was publicly disseminated upon his arrest.
The Playhouse Theatre in Clare Street is more used to hosting actors who have studiously learned their lines but on 21st January the players from Canny Funny and Improvoke will be setting foot on stage with no idea what they will be performing.
United are having to be more cute, more canny in the transfer market for once.
Waterside parish priest Fr Michael Canny said both families have been left with "a sadness of heart".
A suave Billy Dee Williams gets added to the canny Star Wars recipe of old-school drama and gee-whiz sci-fi trappings.
At 26, he is a more experienced, better-conditioned performer than Draper, 22. And in some of the hottest conditions ever seen at Roland Garros, Fritz’s canny match management proved decisive.
Faced with uncompromising political intransigence and relentless media negativity, the SNP cannot afford to be any less canny than their opponents.
Having Al Rafeea play son to his former director and brother to his real-life sister is a decidedly provocative detail that may offer canny viewers the right lens through which to suss out what is really happening to Jana and her family.
It added: “It can get canny chilly on the northeastern coast of England, which probably explains why its long stretches of gorgeous coastline have been criminally overlooked by holiday-goers.
She somehow focused on the two different demands with a relaxed and canny ease and had a remarkable memory, especially for names and faces.
The results will be etched onto a trophy, which Canny said will be passed down from year to year as part of an ongoing tradition.
Vishal has lost about 5mph off his average speed this summer but, a wide notwithstanding, is still a canny operator and again beats Legside Larry outside off with one that nips away from the right-hander.
But, while the global picture was gloomy, drinkers in the UK proved more resilient than most, with sales of some liquors booming thanks to Brits’ refusal to give up on gin and tonics and some canny marketing skills from the company.
The canny politician that he is, Mr. Kejriwal quickly seemed to realise that public opinion was not with him on his “reservation” decision and fell in line with the L-G’s diktat.
Common combinations with canny
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the canny 5×
- and canny 4×
- canny said 3×
- of canny 2×
- canny in 2×
- canny marketing 2×
- canny businesspeople 2×