canny vs hearing

canny

adj
  • Sounding as if it is coming through a tin can. 

  • Frugal, thrifty. 

  • Friendly, pleasant, fair, agreeable; (sometimes) funny. 

  • Gentle, quiet, steady. 

  • Careful, prudent, cautious. 

  • Knowing, shrewd, astute. 

adv
  • Gently, quietly; carefully, skilfully. 

  • Very, considerably; quite, rather. 

hearing

adj
  • Able to hear, as opposed to deaf. 

noun
  • The sense used to perceive sound. 

  • A proceeding at which discussions are heard. 

  • The act by which something is heard. 

  • A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing. 

How often have the words canny and hearing occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )