wily

wily
[[t]wa͟ɪli[/t]]
wilier, wiliest
ADJ-GRADED
If you describe someone or their behaviour as wily, you mean that they are clever at achieving what they want, especially by tricking people.

His appointment as prime minister owed much to the wily manoeuvring of the President.

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  • 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]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Wily — Wily in Hieroglyphen …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Wily — (böhm. Myth.), eine der Hekate entsprechende Gottheit …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • wily — index artful, collusive, deceptive, delusive, devious, disingenuous, fraudulent, insidious, machiavellian …   Law dictionary

  • wily — c.1300; see WILE (Cf. wile) …   Etymology dictionary

  • wily — *sly, cunning, crafty, tricky, foxy, insidious, guileful, artful Analogous words: astute, sagacious, *shrewd: deceitful, cunning (see corresponding nouns at DECEIT) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • wily — [adj] crafty, clever arch, artful, astute, cagey, crazy like a fox*, crooked, cunning, deceitful, deceptive, deep, designing, foxy, greasy*, guileful, insidious, intriguing, knowing, sagacious, scheming, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick*, slippery*,… …   New thesaurus

  • wily — ► ADJECTIVE (wilier, wiliest) ▪ skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully. DERIVATIVES wiliness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • wily — [wī′lē] adj. wilier, wiliest full of wiles; crafty; sly SYN. SLY …   English World dictionary

  • Wily — [ thumb|100|Promotional image featuring Wile E. Coyote] Wily is a text editor created by Gary Capell for Unix computer systems. It is based on Acme, the mouse centric editing environment for the Plan 9 operating system. Wily is one of the few… …   Wikipedia

  • wily — adj. wily of (that was wily of him) * * * [ waɪlɪ] wily of (that was wily of him) …   Combinatory dictionary

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