Wily Definition

wīlē
wilier, wiliest
adjective
wilier, wiliest
Full of wiles; crafty; sly.
Webster's New World
The definition of wily is something or someone who is cunning and sly.
An example of wily is a bank robber whose picture never gets caught on a surveillance camera.
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Other Word Forms of Wily

Adjective

Base Form:
wily
Comparative:
wilier
Superlative:
wiliest

Origin of Wily

  • From wile (“ruse, trick") + -y

    From Wiktionary

Wily Sentence Examples

  • Even now we have no clear case against this very wily man.

  • These errors can be exploited by wily hackers to compromise the security of systems running these programs.

  • So wily, and we must follow with wile.

  • However, Dr. Wily soon turned to villainy and was bent on destroying the world.

  • The storylines of each game vary slightly, sometimes introducing other villains or plot twists, but the main story arc involves the evil Dr. Wily.

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Words Starting With

WWIWIL

Words Ending With

YLYILY

Unscrambles

wily

Words Starting With W and Ending With Y

Starts With W & Ends With YStarts With WI & Ends With YStarts With W & Ends With LY

Word Length

4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With W4 Letter Words Ending With Y