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Answer for the clue "The quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage ", 10 letters:
artfulness

Word definitions for artfulness in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being artful or of acting in an artful manner.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage [ant: artlessness ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Artfulness \Art"ful*ness\, n. The quality of being artful; art; cunning; craft.

Usage examples of artfulness.

Her former lovers had been Frenchmen, more skilled in carrying strong places by assault than in eluding the artfulness of a girl who corked herself up.

Her former lovers had been Frenchmen, more skilled in carrying strong places by assault than in eluding the artfulness of a girl who corked herself up.

We expect to see agency everywhere, and our elaborate ability to ascribe cause and effect, so useful in evolution theory, could lead us to the Argument From Design: such artfulness implies an artist.