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How to pronounce “canny”
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Pronunciation guide for canny
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of canny with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Can light stop the coronavirus?
they'd seem pretty canny at doing that
- Definition summary
- Careful, prudent, cautious.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce canny
Can light stop the coronavirus?

they'd seem pretty canny at doing that
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “canny”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Careful, prudent, cautious.
- Knowing, shrewd, astute.
- Frugal, thrifty.
- (Scotland, Northumbria) Friendly, pleasant, fair, agreeable; (sometimes) funny.
- (Scotland, Northumbria) Gentle, quiet, steady.
- (Scotland, Northumbria) Pretty, quite, very.
- [Adverb]
- (Northumbria) Very, considerably; quite, rather.
- (Scotland, Northumbria) Gently, quietly; carefully, skilfully.
Practice Nearby Words
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Similar Sounds
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