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Wily Moderate

Wily has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
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"

2

Sly, cunning, full of tricks

Example Sentences
"cunning men often pass for wise" adjective
"deep political machinations" adjective
"a foxy scheme" adjective
"a slick evasive answer" adjective
"sly as a fox" adjective
"tricky Dick" adjective
"a wily old attorney" adjective
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Rhyming Words
ily oily mily lily eily pily rily soily doily shily phily icily wrily drily noily baily daily amily emily roily
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