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Synonyms for wily in English

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wily:
- perky; astute; clever; resourceful; wily; bright; sharp; smart; canny; shrewd; sly; intelligent; wise; ingenious; sagacious; skilful; crafty; skillful
- cunning; wily; insidious

English

Detailed Synonyms for wily in English

wily:

wily adj

wily
perky; astute; clever; resourceful; wily; sharp; smart
- perky adj
- astute adj
- clever adj
- resourceful adj
- wily adj
- sharp adj
- smart adj
bright
– characterized by quickness and ease in learning ¹
- bright adj
  - some children are brighter in one subject than another¹
wily
smart; canny; shrewd; wily; sly
- smart adj
- canny adj
- shrewd adj
- wily adj
- sly adj
wily
clever; intelligent; wise; ingenious; sagacious; astute; smart; skilful; sly; wily; crafty; shrewd; skillful
- clever adj
- intelligent adj
- wise adj
- ingenious adj
- sagacious adj
- astute adj
- smart adj
- skilful adj, British
- sly adj
- wily adj
- crafty adj
- shrewd adj
- skillful adj, American
bright
– characterized by quickness and ease in learning ¹
- bright adj
  - some children are brighter in one subject than another¹
wily
astute; resourceful; crafty; clever; shrewd; wily; smart; sly
- astute adj
- resourceful adj
- crafty adj
- clever adj
- shrewd adj
- wily adj
- smart adj
- sly adj

wily

wily
cunning; wily; insidious
- cunning
- wily
- insidious

Related Words for "wily":

wiliness, wilier, wiliest

Alternate Synonyms for "wily":

crafty; cunning; dodgy; foxy; guileful; knavish; slick; sly; tricksy; tricky; artful

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University