wily (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *wily*:
ADJECTIVE	all	wily, crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky	marked by skill in deception

wily > pronunciation
Sounds	way'liy
Rhymes	ably ... zealously: 1543 rhymes with liy...

English > *wily*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	marked by skill in deception.
Example	"a wily old attorney"
Synonyms	crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky
Broader	artful	marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft
Spanish	artero, astuto, bellaco, ladino, pícaro, sagaz, socarrón, taimado
Catalan	astut, bergant, murri, sagaç, sorneguer
Nouns	wile	the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
Nouns	wiliness	shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

HyperDic: wily