Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wily"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
This false, wily, doubling disposition of mind.
--South.
Syn: Cunning; artful; sly; crafty. See {Cunning}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
wily
adj : 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}]
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