wily 音標拼音: [w'ɑɪli]
a . 使用計謀的,有詭計的,狡猾的
使用計謀的,有詭計的,狡猾的
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 " [
synonym : {
crafty }, {
cunning }, {
dodgy },
{
foxy }, {
guileful }, {
knavish }, {
slick }, {
sly }, {
tricksy },
{
tricky }, {
wily }]
Wily \
Wil "
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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 ]
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "
wily ":
Byzantine ,
Machiavellian ,
Machiavellic ,
acute ,
arch ,
artful ,
astute ,
cagey ,
calculating ,
canny ,
chiseling ,
clever ,
collusive ,
covinous ,
crafty ,
cunning ,
cute ,
deceitful ,
deep ,
deep -
laid ,
designing ,
devious ,
diplomatic ,
false ,
falsehearted ,
feline ,
finagling ,
foxy ,
fraudulent ,
furtive ,
guileful ,
indirect ,
ingenious ,
insidious ,
inventive ,
knowing ,
pawky ,
politic ,
ready ,
resourceful ,
sagacious ,
scheming ,
serpentine ,
sharp ,
shifty ,
shrewd ,
slick ,
slippery ,
sly ,
smooth ,
snaky ,
sneaky ,
sophistical ,
stealthy ,
strategic ,
subtile ,
subtle ,
supple ,
surreptitious ,
tactical ,
treacherous ,
trickish ,
tricksy ,
tricky ,
two -
faced ,
underhand ,
underhanded ,
vulpine ,
wary
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WILY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster sly, cunning, crafty, wily, tricky, foxy, artful, slick mean attaining or seeking to attain one's ends by guileful or devious means sly implies furtiveness, lack of candor, and skill in concealing one's aims and methods
WILY Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com WILY definition: full of, marked by, or proceeding from wiles; crafty; cunning See examples of wily used in a sentence
WILY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary Wise and sensible (Definition of wily from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
wily adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of wily adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
WILY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If you describe someone or their behaviour as wily, you mean that they are clever at achieving what they want, especially by tricking people This is a wily politician
WILY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary Wise and sensible (Definition of wily from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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Wily - definition of wily by The Free Dictionary wily adjective cunning, designing, scheming, sharp, intriguing, arch, tricky, crooked, shrewd, sly, astute, deceptive, crafty, artful, shifty, foxy, cagey (informal), deceitful, underhand, guileful, fly (slang) He is an experienced and wily old statesman
wily - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Adjective wily (comparative wilier or more wily, superlative wiliest or most wily) Sly, cunning, full of tricks Synonyms: see Thesaurus: wily Horatio's new girlfriend is a wily coquette, and poor Horatio is too smitten to see it
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