wily

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

/ˈwaɪ.li/ en-us-wily.ogg

wily wilier more wily wiliest most wily

From Middle English wily, wiley, wyly. By surface analysis, wil(e) + -y.

astute artful cautelous crafty cunning devious diabolical foxlike foxy frood guileful shrewd slim sly subtle tricksy tricky vulpine wily

guileless gullible honest ingenuous naive unwise

learned wise

wilily wiliness wily beguily

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