'Wily' definitions:

Definition of 'wily'

(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily]

Definition of 'Wily'

From: GCIDE
  • Wily \Wil"y\, a. [Compar. Wilier; superl. Wiliest.] [From Wile.] Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle. "Wily and wise." --Chaucer. "The wily snake." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • This false, wily, doubling disposition of mind. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Cunning; artful; sly; crafty. See Cunning. [1913 Webster]

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