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Wily

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Adjective

1. crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily

marked by skill in deception

Example Sentences:
'cunning men often pass for wise'
'deep political machinations'
'a foxy scheme'
'a slick evasive answer'
'sly as a fox'
'tricky Dick'
'a wily old attorney'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Wily

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adjectiveWord forms: wilier or wiliest
characterized by or proceeding from wiles; sly or crafty

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Wily

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈwilier or ˈwiliest
full of wiles; crafty; sly

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Wily

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adj. wi·li·er, wi·li·est
Full of wiles; cunning.

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