| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Subtle; cunning; astute.[Websters]
2. Being shrewd. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being sagacious. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being deceitful or deceptive. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb astuciously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (astuciously) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective astucious.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ASTUCIOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Astucious \As*tu"cious\, adjective. [French expression astucieux. See Astute.]. (references) |
