wily: translation
adj. designing, tricky, crafty, foxy; deceitful, crooked, Machiavellian; clever, subtle, cunning.
Syn. crafty, sneaky, cunning; see sly 1 .
See Synonym Study at sly .
[WI lee]
sly, crafty.
The wily coyote always manages to survive.
SYN.: sly, crafty, cunning, tricky, sharp, designing, shrewd, *cagey, artful, sneaky, foxy, underhanded, astute, slippery, slick.
ANT.: stupid, dull, dumb
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Deceitfully clever: artful, crafty, cunning, foxy, guileful, scheming, sharp, sly, tricky. See ABILITY, HONEST, MEANS.
Insidious, artful, cunning, sly, crafty, subtle, arch, designing, deceitful, treacherous, trickish, tricky, intriguing, politic, foxy, snaky, crooked, diplomatic, Machiavelian
wily: translation
adj. designing, tricky, crafty, foxy; deceitful, crooked, Machiavellian; clever, subtle, cunning.
Syn. crafty, sneaky, cunning; see sly 1 .
See Synonym Study at sly .
[WI lee]
sly, crafty.
The wily coyote always manages to survive.
SYN.: sly, crafty, cunning, tricky, sharp, designing, shrewd, *cagey, artful, sneaky, foxy, underhanded, astute, sli
ppery, slick.
ANT.: stupid, dull, dumb
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Deceitfully clever: artful, crafty, cunning, foxy, guileful, scheming, sharp, sly, tricky. See ABILITY, HONEST, MEANS.
Insidious, artful, cunning, sly, crafty, subtle, arch, designing, deceitful, treacherous, trickish, tricky, intriguing, politic, foxy, snaky, crooked, diplomatic, Machiavelian