wily

Modifies a noun

• fox: Fox is wily, fox is cunning Always hunted, ever running.
• veteran: He continued to be an inspirational captain and was described as being a " wily veteran " by the Thanet Times during the campaign.
• campaigner: Although a brave and clever warrior, his opponent Saladin was an equally wily campaigner.
• way: One wily way is to devalue your money by having you bet chips instead of legal tender.
• politician: Is it too soon to write such a wily politician off?
• operator: No one doubts that David Davis is a wily operator.

Modifying Another Word

• too: The objective was still to catch De Wet, but he proved too wily and elusive.
• so: So wily, and we must follow with wile.
• very: Even now we have no clear case against this very wily man.