Wily
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈwaɪ.li/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Wily is an adjective meaning Sly, cunning, full of tricks.
Meaning
Sly, cunning, full of tricks.
Example Sentences
Horatio's new girlfriend is a wily coquette, and poor Horatio is too smitten to see it.
Of all the medical monsters Peter Hotez could have set out to slay, the Yale University researcher could not have chosen a more wily and obscure villain than the hookworm.
Word Forms
- wilier
- wiliest
Synonyms for wily
Depending on context, synonyms include astute, artful, cautelous, crafty, cunning, devious.
Antonyms for wily
Common opposites include guileless, gullible, honest, ingenuous, naive, unwise.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sly, cunning, tricksy, artful, guileful, knavish.
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