'Pawky' definitions:
Definition of 'pawky'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Cunning and sly; "the pawky rich old lady who incessantly scores off her parasitical descendants"- Punch
Definition of 'Pawky'
From: GCIDE
- Pawky \Paw"ky\, a. [Cf. AS. p[ae]cean to deceive.] Arch; cunning; sly. [Scot.] --Jamieson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pawky'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute,
- arch,
- artful,
- astute,
- Byzantine,
- cagey,
- calculating,
- canny,
- careful,
- cautious,
- circumspect,
- clever,
- crafty,
- cunning,
- cute,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- deliberate,
- designing,
- devious,
- difficult,
- diplomatic,
- discreet,
- feline,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- finikin,
- foxy,
- fuss-budgety,
- fussy,
- gingerly,
- guarded,
- guileful,
- hard to please,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- ingenious,
- insidious,
- inventive,
- judicious,
- knowing,
- leaving out nothing,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- mindful,
- noncommittal,
- on guard,
- overlooking no possibility,
- pernickety,
- persnickety,
- politic,
- prudent,
- queasy,
- ready,
- regardful,
- resourceful,
- safe,
- scheming,
- serpentine,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- slick,
- slippery,
- slow to act,
- sly,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaky,
- sophistical,
- squeamish,
- stealthy,
- strategic,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- supple,
- tactical,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- unadventurous,
- uncommunicative,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unprecipitate,
- vulpine,
- wary,
- wily