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 …

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Wise and sensible (Definition of wily from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Wily definition: full of, marked by, or proceeding from wiles; crafty; cunning.. See examples of WILY used in a sentence.

Definition of wily adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

wily adjective cunning, designing, scheming, sharp, intriguing, arch, tricky, crooked, shrewd, sly, astute, deceptive, crafty, artful, shifty, foxy, cagey (informal), deceitful, underhand, guileful, fly …

Oct 8, 2025 · From Middle English wily, wiley, wyly. By surface analysis, wil (e) +‎ -y. wily (comparative wilier or more wily, superlative wiliest or most wily) Horatio's new girlfriend is a …

Wily definition: Full of wiles; cunning.

What does the adjective wily mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective wily, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, …

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.