Meaning

1 senses
  1. Sly, cunning, full of tricks.

    Horatio's new girlfriend is a wily coquette, and poor Horatio is too smitten to see it.

    schlau, listig, gerissen

    хи́трыйxítryj, лука́выйlukávyj, проны́рливыйpronýrlivyj

More definitions
  • marked by skill in deception

Examples

3 sentences
  1. I know him, a wily, cheeky lad.

    Я його знаю. Хитрий, нахабний хлопчина.

    ruЯ знаю его. Хитрый, нахальный парень.

    deIch kenne den abgebrühten Burschen.

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  2. Tom is a very wily person.

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  3. He plays a wily detective with a penchant for disguises.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
sly, cunning:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sly, cunning:

Origin

From Middle English wily, wiley, wyly. By surface analysis, wil(e) + -y.

From Middle English wily, wiley, wyly. By surface analysis, wil(e) + -y.

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Forms

wilier/more wily, wiliest/most wily
Comparativewilier / more wily Lesson
Superlativewiliest / most wily Lesson

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Synonyms

22 synonyms

Antonyms

6 antonyms

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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