wily (redirected from wilily)

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 [ˈwaɪlɪ]

adj wilier, wiliest

characterized by or proceeding from wiles; sly or crafty

wiliness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

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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) He is an experienced and wily old statesman.
simple, dull, straightforward, naive, honest, candid, artless, ingenuous, guileless

Translations

wily [ˈwaɪlɪ] ADJ (wilier (compar) (wiliest (superl))) → astuto, taimado

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wily [ˈwaɪli] adj → rusé(e)

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wily

adj (+er) → listig, schlau, hinterlistig (pej)

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wily [ˈwaɪlɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → astuto/a, furbo/a
he's a wily old devil or bird or fox (fam) → è una vecchia volpe, è un furbo matricolato or di tre cotte

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wily [ˈwaɪlɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → astuto/a, furbo/a
he's a wily old devil or bird or fox (fam) → è una vecchia volpe, è un furbo matricolato or di tre cotte

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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 viekas rusé עַרמוּמִי धूर्त lukav ravasz licik slægur, slunginn astuto, furbo ずるい 교활한 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 wiliness

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