WILY

Meaning of WILY in English

/ ˈwaɪli; NAmE / adjective

( wili·er , wili·est ) clever at getting what you want, and willing to trick people

SYN cunning :

The boss is a wily old fox.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

WILY — astut
English interlingue dictionary
WILY — adjective (wilier; -est) Date: 14th century full of wiles ; crafty , see: sly wilily adverb wiliness noun
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WILY — ˈwīlē, -li adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from wil wile + -y 1. : full of guile : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WILY — (superl.) Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle.
Английский словарь Webster
WILY — ( superl. ) Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WILY — — wilily , adv. — wiliness , n. /wuy"lee/ , adj., wilier, wiliest . full of, marked by, or proceeding …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WILY — adj. cunning, tricky, deceptive
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WILY — adjective ( wil·i·er ; -est ) Date: 14th century : full of wiles : crafty a wily negotiator Synonyms: see …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WILY — superl full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle.
Webster English vocab
WILY — [ 'wʌɪli ] ■ adjective ( wilier , wiliest ) skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully. Derivatives wilily adverb …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WILY — [wily] adj wil.i.er ; -est (14c): full of wiles: crafty syn see sly -- wil.i.ly adv -- wil.i.ness n
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WILY — wil|y BrE AmE ˈwaɪl |i ▷ wil|ier i‿ə AmE \ i‿ ə r ▷ wil|iest i‿ɪst i‿əst
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WILY — wil ‧ y /ˈwaɪli/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: wile ; ⇨ ↑ wiles ] clever at …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WILY — adj. (wilier, wiliest) full of wiles; crafty, cunning. øøwilily adv. wiliness n.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WILY — adj. (wilier, wiliest) full of wiles; crafty, cunning. wilily adv. wiliness n.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WILY — adj. (wilier, wiliest) full of wiles; crafty, cunning. Derivatives: wilily adv. wiliness n.
Oxford English vocab
WILY — ( wilier, wiliest) If you describe someone or their behaviour as wily , you mean that they are clever at …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WILY — (wilier, wiliest) If you describe someone or their behaviour as ~, you mean that they are clever at achieving what …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WILY — adjective PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES wise/wily/funny/weird etc old bird ▪ I hadn't noticed what a weird old bird Ned was, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WILY — [adjective] -ier, -iest - (of a person) clever, having a very good understanding of situations, possibilities and people, and often …
Cambridge English vocab
WILY — Synonyms and related words : Byzantine, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, arch, artful, astute, cagey, calculating, canny, chiseling, clever, collusive, covinous, crafty, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WILY — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: SLY 2, artful, astute, crafty, cunning, deep, foxy, guileful, insidious, tricky Related Words: sagacious, shrewd; clever, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
WILY — a. Insidious, artful, cunning, sly, crafty, subtle, arch, designing, deceitful, treacherous, trickish, tricky, intriguing, politic, foxy, snaky, crooked, diplomatic, Machiavelian.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
WILY — adjective Synonyms: sly 2, artful, astute, crafty, cunning, deep, foxy, guileful, insidious, tricky Related Word: sagacious, shrewd; clever, knowing Contrasted …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
WILY — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
WILY — adj. Wily is used with these nouns: ↑ veteran
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WILY — adj. shrewd, cunning, crafty, sly, artful, guileful, clever, foxy, vulpine, disingenuous, shifty, scheming, plotting, calculating, designing, sharp, canny, deceitful, deceiving, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WILY — прил. лукавый, хитрый; коварный Syn : guileful, insidious лукавый, хитрый; коварный wily лукавый, хитрый; коварный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WILY — wily.ogg ʹwaılı a лукавый, хитрый; коварный
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WILY — прил. лукавый, хитрый; коварный Syn : guileful, insidious лукавый, хитрый; коварный wily лукавый, хитрый; коварный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WILY — adj. Pronunciation: ' w ī -l ē Function: adjective Inflected Form: wil · i · er ; -est Date: 14th …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WILY — See ↑ INTELLIGENT 6
Longman Activator English vocab
WILY — adj. 25B6; adjective SHREWD, clever, sharp, sharp-witted, astute, canny, smart; crafty, cunning, artful, sly, scheming, calculating, devious; informal tricky, foxy; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WILY — adj. ~ of (that was ~ of him)
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
WILY — Лукавый
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WILY — лукавый, хитрый; коварный
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WILY — (a) коварный; лукавый; хитрый
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
WILY — a лукавый, хитрый; коварный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
WILY — a лукавый, хитрый; коварный
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WILY — adj. лукавый, хитрый, коварный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
WILY — adj. лукавый, хитрый, коварный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
WILY — прил. лукавый, хитрый; коварный Syn: guileful , insidious
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WILY — прил. лукавый, хитрый; коварный Syn: guileful, insidious
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WILY — _a. лукавый, хитрый; коварный
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
WILY — a. лукавый, хитрый; коварный
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
WILY — лукавый, хитрый; коварный
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
WILY — _a. лукавый, хитрый; коварный
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
WILY — Лукавый
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
WILY — Злокачественный
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
WILY — Жуликоватый
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
WILY — [adj.] коварный, хитрый
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
WILY — a коварный, хитрый
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
WILY — лукавый
English-Russian Online Dictionary
WILY — хитрый, коварный, лукавый
English-Russian vocab
WILY — хитрый
Англо-Русский словарь

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