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Jeans and hoodies are a canny combination.

My daily routine is a canny one.

Being emo (and depressed all the time) is not very canny.

A teenager acting like a baby is anything but canny.
canny by CannyVanni January 5, 2011
1. A good, kind-hearted person (often a girl), or to be good and kind-hearted
2. Rather or quite
3. Normal/usual (opposite of uncanny)
4. A variant of cannae, cannee, which is a way of saying "can not" (particularly with a Scottish accent)
1. She's a canny lass
2. That's canny good
3. A hoodie and jeans are a canny combination
4. I canny do it!
Canny by Xelacalle February 28, 2011
North Eastern background. Meaning Quite, or rather.
Thats canny good.

She's canny dead.
canny by Lucky July 12, 2004
Oh you have a canny?
Canny by Mikcap March 24, 2010
North Eastern English slang for something good or nice. There is no bigger compliment than being called canny.
canny by Julie May 6, 2004
Geordie slang for a really genuine and kind hearted person. Someone who is just all round nice. They always mean well.
That girl's dead canny.
canny by Mikay September 14, 2005