wil·y

[wahy-lee]
adjective, wil·i·er, wil·i·est.
full of, marked by, or proceeding from wiles; crafty; cunning.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English; see wile, -y1

wil·i·ly, adverb
wil·i·ness, noun
o·ver·wil·y, adjective
un·wil·y, adjective


artful, sly, designing, intriguing, tricky, foxy, deceitful, treacherous.


straightforward, open.
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wily (ˈwaɪlɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj , wilier, wiliest
characterized by or proceeding from wiles; sly or crafty
 
'wiliness
 
n

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Wily is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Word Origin & History

wily
c.1300; see wile.
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Example sentences
The dEcor is trendy and clever, but the food doesn't hide behind wily frills.
He has nevertheless been a clever, strong and wily leader.
Still, gamblers and those who service them are a wily lot and are by definition
  risk takers.
One doesn't usually encounter senior citizens who are quite so wily and elusive.
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