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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. marked by skill in deception;
- Example: "cunning men often pass for wise"
- Example: "deep political machinations"
- Example: "a foxy scheme"
- Example: "a slick evasive answer"
- Example: "sly as a fox"
- Example: "tricky Dick"
- Example: "a wily old attorney"
[syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Cunning; artful; sly; crafty. See Cunning.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]