wily

Letters that make wily

l, i, w, y are letters that make 'wily'

Words within wily

WI, il, IL are words within 'wily'


1 possible definitions for 'wily'

Wily as "marked by skill in deception"

Under this definition, wily is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky have the same meaning as 'wily'

Derivatives of wily

slipperiness, trick, shenanigan, slyboots, craftiness, slyness, contrivance, rascality, shiftiness, trickiness, guile, glibness, slickness, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, fox, dodger, cunning, dodge, fast one, stratagem, craft, trickery, chicanery, chicane, wile, foxiness, wiliness, hocus-pocus, hanky panky, skullduggery are derivatives of 'wily'.

Similar to wily

artful is similar to wily.

Example of wily used within this context

"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"



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