wily Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- fraudulent
- tricky
- slippery
- scheming
- sly
- shady
- deceitful
- deceptive
- devious
- dodgy
- cagy
- cagey
- crooked
- foxy
- treacherous
- dishonest
- beguiling
- crafty
- designing
- shrewd
- slick
- subtle
- artful
- guileful
Weak:
- machiavellian
- covert
- backhanded
- circuitous
- roundabout
- mealy
- unscrupulous
- hypocritical
- plotting
- circular
- knavish
- shifty
- facile
- double-dealing
- oblique
- serpentine
- clandestine
- astute
- insincere
- underhanded
- two-faced
- glib
- smooth-tongued
- sharp
- stealthy
- underhand
- undercover
- surreptitious
- insinuating
- sneaky
- calculating
- concealed
- furtive
- secret
Strongest:
- real
- public
- unaffected
- honest
- honest
- guileless
- unaffected
- obvious
- natural
- innocent
- straightforward
- artless
- obvious
- plain
- guileless
- public
- frank
- forthright
- direct
- open
- plain
- simple
- sincere
- simple
- artless
- natural
- ingenuous
- ingenuous
- forthright
- sincere
- direct
- straightforward
- real
- frank
- outspoken
- innocent
- open
- outspoken
Strong:
- unvarnished
- undesigning
- unpretending
- patent
- plainspoken
- candid
- unstudied
- impressionable
- unworldly
- unsophisticated
- unworldly
- impressionable
- unsophisticated
- simpleminded
- candid
- aboveboard
- aboveboard
- patent
- unconcealed
- simpleminded
- unpretentious
- unpretentious
- undesigning
- childlike
- unstudied
- childlike
- unconcealed
- unpretending
- unvarnished
- plainspoken
Weak:
wily Meaning
wily (s)
marked by skill in deception
wily (superl.)
Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle.
wily Sentence Examples
- The wily coyote devised an elaborate scheme to capture the elusive Roadrunner.
- The politician's wily tactics ensured his reelection despite numerous scandals.
- The sly fox used its wiles to outsmart the unsuspecting rabbits.
- The con artist's wily charm made him irresistible to his victims.
- The wily businessman exploited loopholes in the law to maximize his profits.
- The cat displayed its wily nature by stalking its prey with feline stealth.
- The wily criminal managed to evade law enforcement for years before finally being apprehended.
- The wily strategist outmaneuvered his opponents, leading his team to victory.
- The wily salesperson used psychological tricks to close deals and exceed their sales targets.
- The wily negotiator skillfully reached a compromise that satisfied both parties involved.
FAQs About the word wily
marked by skill in deceptionFull of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle.
cute,cunning, fraudulent, tricky, slippery, scheming, sly, shady, deceitful, deceptive
real, public, unaffected, honest, honest, guileless, unaffected, obvious, natural, innocent
The wily coyote devised an elaborate scheme to capture the elusive Roadrunner.
The politician's wily tactics ensured his reelection despite numerous scandals.
The sly fox used its wiles to outsmart the unsuspecting rabbits.
The con artist's wily charm made him irresistible to his victims.
