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    WILY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: wilier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, wiliest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: wilier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: wiliest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Marked by skill in deceptionplay

    Example:

    a wily old attorney

    Synonyms:

    crafty; cunning; dodgy; foxy; guileful; knavish; slick; sly; tricksy; tricky; wily

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    Adjectives

    Similar:

    artful (marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft)

    Derivation:

    wile (the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them))

    wiliness (shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception)

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