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wily

adjective

Sly, cunning, full of tricks

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Word Facts

Word length
4
Starts with
W
Ends with
Y
Contains
IL
Scrabble score
10
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Pronunciation

/waɪ.li/ /waɪ.li/

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Definitions

adjective

  1. Sly, cunning, full of tricks

    “Horatio's new girlfriend is a wily coquette and poor Horatio is too smitten to see it.”

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Example Sentences

Horatio's new girlfriend is a wily coquette and poor Horatio is too smitten to see it.
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