What is the meaning of cunning?

noun

• Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception.
  • synonyms: craft, craftiness, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness
• Crafty artfulness (especially in deception. )

adjective

• Attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness.
  • usage: "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby"
  • synonyms: cute
• Marked by skill in deception.
  • usage: "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
  • synonyms: crafty, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
• Showing inventiveness and skill.
  • usage: "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"
  • synonyms: clever, ingenious