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- Dictionarywily/ˈwʌɪli/
adjective
- 1. skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully: "his wily opponents"
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(of a person) intelligent, having a very good understanding of situations, possibilities, and people, and often willing to use tricks to achieve an aim: a wily politician. Synonyms. clever mainly UK disapproving. cunning. slick (SKILFUL) tricky. See. wiles formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sly & devious. artfully. artfulness.
The meaning of WILY is full of wiles : crafty. How to use wily in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Wily.
Wily definition: full of, marked by, or proceeding from wiles; crafty; cunning.. See examples of WILY used in a sentence.
(of a person) intelligent, having a very good understanding of situations, possibilities, and people, and often willing to use tricks to achieve an aim: a wily politician. Synonyms. clever mainly UK disapproving. cunning. slick (SKILLFUL) tricky. See. wiles formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sly & devious. artfully. artfulness.
Definition of wily adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define wily. wily synonyms, wily pronunciation, wily translation, English dictionary definition of wily. adj. wi·li·er , wi·li·est Full of wiles; cunning. wil′i·ly adv. wil′i·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition....
adjective. marked by skill in deception. “a wily old attorney”. synonyms: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky. artful. marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft.
