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Synonyms
artful, beguiling, cagey (also cagy), crafty, cunning, cute, designing, devious, dodgy [chiefly British], foxy, guileful, scheming, shrewd, slick, sly, subtle, tricky
Antonyms
artless, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, undesigning
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Donald Sutherland shows up as a veteran astronaut who just can’t quit the space thing: Even his long, wily eyebrows flare up and out, as if reaching toward the stars. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, "Brad Pitt Can Handle Outer Space But Not His Own Feelings in the Gorgeous Ad Astra," 30 Aug. 2019 Its dreamy, folksy brand of alt-country is a wily mix that deftly peppers in elements of psych rock. — Chip Mccabe, courant.com, "Hartbeat Music Festival: Take a listen to the 24 bands that will play for 12 hours on Hartford’s Riverfront Plaza," 27 Aug. 2019 With the help of one especially wily patient (Bruce Dern, part of a nifty supporting ensemble), Zak eventually does make his getaway, exhilarated but at something of a loss. — Tom Russo, BostonGlobe.com, "In ‘Peanut Butter Falcon,’ it’s the WWE or bust," 21 Aug. 2019 Rookie police rabbit Judy Hopps works with a wily fox to solve a mysterious case in the mammal metropolis of Zootopia. — Los Angeles Times, "Here are the feature and TV films airing the week of Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019," 11 Aug. 2019 Now that prices for the fruit are soaring, restaurants have found wily ways to cut costs. — Lila Maclellan, Quartzy, "Everything we know about the “fake guacamole” scare," 3 Aug. 2019 Ryan Fitzpatrick, the wily veteran entering his 15th season, remains in the lead of the battle, vacant after the trade of former starter Ryan Tannehill after last season. — Safid Deen, sun-sentinel.com, "Ryan Fitzpatrick still leads Dolphins’ QB battle, but team hopes 'light bulb goes off’ for Josh Rosen," 25 July 2019 Doc Craft, the wily train waiter who thrived during World War II, is a John Henry figure taking his last stand against a union that wants his job for white workers. — Sam Sacks, WSJ, "Fiction: The Great Migration North," 28 June 2019 The b oard is poised to release $117.5 million for the calamity, having to date been wined and dined, and their egos massaged, by wily museum director Michael Govan. — Los Angeles Times, "Reader feedback: Is the LACMA redesign a ‘calamity’ in the making?," 20 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wily.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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