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Wiliness

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wi·ly  (wl)
adj. wi·li·er, wi·li·est
Full of wiles; cunning.
wili·ly adv.
wili·ness n.
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Noun1.Wilinesswiliness - shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, craft
astuteness, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness - intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
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By all the unwritten laws of savage warfare it is always the redskin who attacks, and with the wiliness of his race he does it just before the dawn, at which time he knows the courage of the whites to be at its lowest ebb.
The Adventures of Peter Pan by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
Ulysses was glad at finding himself, as Minerva told him, in his own country, and he began to answer, but he did not speak the truth, and made up a lying story in the instinctive wiliness of his heart.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
And when I have paid for the policeman who protects me and, if I live in a country where conscription is in force, served in the army which guards my house and land from the invader, I am quits with society: for the rest I counter its might with my wiliness.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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