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wily
(encz) | wily,prohnaný adj: |
Wily
(gcide) | 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." --Chaucer. "The wily snake."
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
This false, wily, doubling disposition of mind.
--South.
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Syn: Cunning; artful; sly; crafty. See Cunning.
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wily
(wn) | wily
adj 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 Dick"; "a
wily old attorney" [syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy,
foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy,
tricky, wily] |
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showily
(encz) | showily, |
snowily
(encz) | snowily, |
wily
(encz) | wily,prohnaný adj: |
Showily
(gcide) | Showily \Show"i*ly\, adv.
In a showy manner; pompously; with parade.
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Unwily
(gcide) | Unwily \Unwily\
See wily. |
showily
(wn) | showily
adv 1: with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner; "Mr
Khrushchev ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at
the U.N. general assembly" [syn: ostentatiously,
showily]
2: in a fancy colorful manner; "he dresses rather flamboyantly"
[syn: flamboyantly, showily, flashily] |
wily
(wn) | wily
adj 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 Dick"; "a
wily old attorney" [syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy,
foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy,
tricky, wily] |
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