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What is the adjective for wily?

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wily
  1. sly, cunning, full of tricks
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cunning, crafty, sly, artful, devious, shrewd, guileful, tricky, scheming, foxy, deceitful, sneaky, calculating, designing, underhand, dishonest, sharp, clever, subtle, slick, shifty, canny, astute, crooked, slippery, underhanded, deceptive, smart, Machiavellian, dodgy, cagey, beguiling, cheating, insidious, knowing, streetwise, disingenuous, cagy, pawky, sagacious, slim, fly, smooth, carny, vulpine, arch, deep, greasy, sharp-witted, double-dealing … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He has been a wily politician and he knows that the land issue is an over-simplification.”
      “Completing the family portrait are his ever-compliant wife and wily old dad.”
      “In a whirl of publicity, abetted by her wily lawyer, Roxie becomes Chicago's latest celebrity.”
wilier
  1. comparative form of wily: more wily
  2. Synonyms:
      3. better, more sensible, shrewder, smarter, wiser, better-informed, more informed, more insightful, more judicious, more perceptive, more prudent, more rational, more thoughtful, more intelligent, more intuitive, more knowledgeable, more learned, more reasonable, more reflective, astuter, more careful, more discerning, more educated, more enlightened, more knowing, more tactful, sharper, craftier, keener, more aware, more calculating, more cogitative, more contemplative, more cunning, more devious, more erudite, more perspicacious, more sagacious, more sapient, more scholarly, more understanding, sager, slier, cleverer, more artful, more discreet, more experienced, more foresighted, saner, sounder … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The expedition continued to toil north, and continued to leak men, as deserters wilier than Collins slipped away night after night.”
      “Inexperience in dealing with the wilier mandarins of the civil service has also seen more than a few promising careers come unstuck.”
      “Should he stumble, he faces a powerful potential opponent in Mr Garcia, a far wilier and more experienced politician.”
wiliest
  1. superlative form of wily: most wily
  2. Synonyms:
      3. craftiest, sliest, shrewdest, trickiest, foxiest, sneakiest, sharpest, cleverest, subtlest, slickest, shiftiest, canniest, astutest, slipperiest, smartest, dodgiest, cagiest, pawkiest, slimmest, fliest, smoothest, archest, deepest, greasiest, most cunning, most artful, most devious, most guileful, most scheming, most deceitful, most calculating, most designing, most underhand, most dishonest, most crooked, most underhanded, most deceptive, most Machiavellian, most beguiling, most cheating, most insidious, most knowing, most streetwise, most disingenuous, most sagacious, most vulpine, most sharp-witted, most Janus-faced, most heads-up, most duplicitous … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “One is England's brash young egomaniac, the other is Australia's wiliest winner of mind games, and the pair professes to be bosom buddies.”
      “In this long controversy the French were the wiliest, the British were the most arrogant.”
      “The wiliest, including Apple, have even discovered ways to re-route funds so as to render income stateless.”
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