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Synonyms for Conniving (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end):
collusive

WordNet sense 2 (secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed):
covert

WordNet sense 3 (used of persons):
calculating, calculative, scheming, shrewd

WordNet sense 4 (dispassionate):
hard


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