wily

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wi·ly

 (wī′lē)
adj. wi·li·er, wi·li·est
Full of wiles; cunning.

wil′i·ly adv.
wil′i·ness n.
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wily

(ˈwaɪlɪ)
adj, wilier or wiliest
characterized by or proceeding from wiles; sly or crafty
ˈwiliness n
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wil•y

(ˈwaɪ li)

adj. wil•i•er, wil•i•est.
full of, marked by, or proceeding from wiles; crafty; cunning.
[1250–1300]
wil′i•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.wily - marked by skill in deception; "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"
artful - marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"
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wily

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wily

adjective
Deceitfully clever:
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Translations
ماكِر، مُراوِغ
snu
slægur, slunginn
blēdīgsviltīgs

wily

[ˈwaɪlɪ] ADJ (wilier (compar) (wiliest (superl))) → astuto, taimado
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wily

[ˈwaɪli] adjrusé(e)
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wily

adj (+er)listig, schlau, hinterlistig (pej)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

wily

[ˈwaɪlɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → astuto/a, furbo/a
he's a wily old devil or bird or fox (fam) → è una vecchia volpe, è un furbo matricolato or di tre cotte
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

wily

(ˈwaili) adjective
crafty, cunning, sly etc. a wily old fox; He is too wily for the police to catch him.
ˈwiliness noun
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References in classic literature ?
They repeated the words after me again and again, but without giving any peculiar emphasis to either, so that I was completely at a loss to understand them; for a couple of wilier young things than we afterwards found them to have been on this particular occasion never probably fell in any traveller's way.
The fears in Israel, which for now are only being expressed in completely off-the-record conversations, are that Trump -- eager to make his mark on world affairs and prove he can achieve a better deal than his predecessor, President Barack Obama -- will find himself in a room with negotiators much wilier and more knowledgeable on the issues than he is.
America dimmed a little for me that day, but my heart grew harder, wilier. I decided I would wait until after Lydia made it out of the womb to make my great escape.
For example, Wilier (2014) found that infertile patients who rated their doctors higher on expressing compassionate love reported more positive affect during their treatment, perceived less treatment stress, and reported higher self-esteem compared to those who rated their doctors lower.
My first broker, Ed Wilier, in Raleigh, North Carolina, was a great trainer and teacher.
Wilier is director for theological ethics for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Pro continental team Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia, Astana and Dimension Data were 1-2-3 in the team GC of the Southeast Asian region's highest-ever road race-a UCI 2.1 Hors Category.
Earlier, a group of five - Conor Dunne (Aqua Blue Sport), Sun Xialong (Mitchelton-Bikeexchange), Robin Carpenter (Rally Cycling), Christopher Williams (Team Novo Nordisk) and Simone Bevilacqua (Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia) - led the breakaway and were joined by Brandon McNulty (Rally Cycling) and Kristijan Koren (Bahrain-Merida).
Playing to his national audience, Putin pitched this catchphrase as if to suggest that he was a wilier and, thus, more dependable leader than his opponents (Akhmetova, 2012).
The other teams in the fray are Astana Pro Team, Aqua Blue Sport, Bahrain-Merida, BMC Racing Team, Cofidis Solutions Credits, Mitchelton-Bikeexchange, Quick-Step Floors, Rally Cycling, Team Lotto NL-Jumbo, Team Novo Nordisk, Trek-Segafredo, UAE National Team, UAE Team Emirates and Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia.
Donna Wilier, who has been with the church since 2013.
Susie Von Wilier Linford is the corporate chef and managing member for Alaska Coastal Catering; she says, "We pride ourselves on creating specialty menus designed with the clients' dietary requirements in mind.