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Meanings of
wily
in inglês
Marked by skill in deception.
cunning
tricky
slick
sly
crafty
dodgy
foxy
knavish
tricksy
guileful
Related terms
artful
Usage of
wily
in inglês
1
Even now we have no clear case against this very
wily
man.
2
In a sense Congress only replaced one
wily
political operator with another.
3
It was merely display; the
wily
Boer did not yet mean business.
4
Karl wears his heart upon his sleeve; Franz is
wily
and hypocritical.
5
The
wily
bishop set to work, and the consequences were soon visible.
6
But the Greeks are fickle and
wily
,
you have said so yourself.
7
While preventing it the
wily
Bert awaited his chance for a hammer-lock.
8
On the contrary, he was shocked as he noted the
wily
depravity.
9
He found the
wily
warrior engaged in delectable conversation with Mrs. O'Brien.
10
And now the
wily
counsellors at Gradiska compel us to release you.
11
But the
wily
Persians are not so easily disposed of as this.
12
The
wily
Blancandrin, wisest and greatest among the pagans, advanced before him.
13
He never does when once he goes to
earth
-
the
wily
young fox.
14
He saw that the
wily
politician had entangled him on all sides.
15
But the
wily
fox had other resources at his command than speed.
16
The tools seemed as hard to hook as a
wily
old trout.
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wily
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
too wily
very wily
more wily
wily man
wily one
More collocations
Wily
through the time
Wily
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common