cunning, tricky, deceptive
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Wily Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(superl.)
Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutFull of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle.
wily
\wil"y\ (?), a. [compar. wilier (?); superl. wiliest.] [from wile.] full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle. "wily and wise." "the wily snake." this false, wily, doubling disposition of mind.
Dichellgar = a. wily, crafty
Ffel = a. subtile, fine; cunning, wily
Ffetus = a. subtle, sly, wily
Ffur = a. wary, wily, wise
Ffured = n. a wily one, a ferret
Ystrywgar = a. crafty, wily
Adjective
1. 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 Dik"; "a wily old attorney"
(synonym) crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky
(similar) artful
Wily Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
WILY (1210 AM, "The Big 1210") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Centralia, Illinois. The station is owned by Withers Broadcasting and the broadcast license is held by W. Russell Withers, Jr. The station, established in 1946 as "WCNT", was assigned the call sign "WILY" by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1967.
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Wily is a text editor created by Gary Capell for Unix computer systems. It is based on Acme, the mouse-centric editing environment for the Plan 9 operating system.
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