cunning

He comes from a mangled life and he’s very cunning and very brutish.

In just about 120 seconds, viewers learn that Violet is not only intensely caring but clever enough to think of cunning, new approaches in a short amount of time when one method falls flat.

It was seen as a cunning way to save on candles.

The "hobbling" scene—she uses a sledgehammer to break Paul’s ankles—elevated her to canonical b***h status: a cunning, brutal and mercurial harridan who hides her malice behind a folksy façade.

She may be cunning, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t care or she’s cruel.