狡猾

こうかつ
sly

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こうかつ【狡猾】

～な cunning; sly; wily; artful; crafty; tricky; slick.

●狡猾な手段 guile; cunning; sharp practice; trickery; a shrewd trick; 《文》 chicanery

・狡猾な人 a cunning [crafty, tricky, sly, deceitful] person; a trickster; an old fox; a sly dog.

狡猾に cunningly; slily; craftily; trickily; cleverly.

●狡猾に立ち回る be cunning [clever, crafty, tricky]; act craftily

・彼は狡猾に立ち回ってはいつもうまい汁を吸っている. He is a crafty guy who does everything with an eye to the main chance.