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Wil·y a. [Compar. Wilier superl. Wiliest.] Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle. “Wily and wise.” --Chaucer. “The wily snake.”
This false, wily, doubling disposition of mind. --South.
Syn: -- Cunning; artful; sly; crafty. See Cunning.
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wily
adj : marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for
wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme";
"a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dik";
"a wily old attorney" [syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy,
foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy,
tricky]
[also: wiliest, wilier]