wily (redirected from wilier)

wi·ly  (wl)

adj. wi·li·er, wi·li·est

Full of wiles; cunning.

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wili·ly adv.

wili·ness n.

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wily

Adjective

[wilier, wiliest] sly or crafty

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

wily - 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" foxy, guileful, knavish, crafty, sly, tricksy, cunning, dodgy, tricky, slick artful - marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"

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wily

adjective cunning, designing, scheming, sharp, intriguing, arch, tricky, crooked, shrewd, sly, astute, deceptive, crafty, artful, shifty, foxy, cagey (informal) deceitful, underhand, guileful, fly (slang) << OPPOSITE straightforward

Translations

wily [ˈwaɪlɪ] adj → astuto

wily [ˈwaɪlɪ] adj → rusé(e)

wily [ˈwaɪlɪ] adj → listig, raffiniert

wily [ˈwaɪlɪ] adj → furbo/a

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wily

adj wily [ˈwaili]

crafty, cunning, sly etc a wily old fox; He is too wily for the police to catch him. geslepe ماكِر، مُراوِغ хитър lstivý snu gerissen πονηρός, πανούργος astuto kaval پر حيله juonikas rusé עַרמוּמִי धूर्त lukav ravasz licik slægur, slunginn astuto, furbo ずるい 교활한, 간교한 gudrus, suktas viltīgs; blēdīgs licik sluw slu, lur, utspekulert przebiegły manhoso viclean хитрый prefíkaný zvit lukav illistig, knipslug, förslagen เต็มไปด้วยเล่ห์ kurnaz, cin fikirli, şeytan 狡猾的 хитрий, лукавий چالاک xảo trá 狡猾的

n ˈwiliness

geslepenheid مَكْر، مُراوَغَه хитрост lstivost snedighed die Gerissenheit πονηριά astucia kavalus مکر oveluus ruse עַרמוּמִיוּת धूर्तता lukavost ravaszság kelicikan slægð astuzia, furberia ずるさ 교활함, 간교함 gudrumas, suktumas viltīgums; blēdīgums kelicikan sluwheid sluhet, listighet chytrość manha viclenie хитрость prefíkanosť zvijačnost lukavost illistighet ความมีเล่ห์เหลี่ยม kurnazlık 狡猾 хитрість چالاکی tính xảo trá 狡猾