WILY in a Sentence
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11 example sentences for WILY, such as:
1. She is as wily as a fox in avoiding trouble.
2. In short, the wily old Jew had the boy in his toils.
3. I, too, am wily and I think his mind in a little while.
4. Even now we have no clear case against this very wily man.
5. I will watch with the wiliness of a snake, that I may sting with its venom.
2. In short, the wily old Jew had the boy in his toils.
3. I, too, am wily and I think his mind in a little while.
4. Even now we have no clear case against this very wily man.
5. I will watch with the wiliness of a snake, that I may sting with its venom.
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Meanings and Examples of WILY
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wily
a. cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
Classic Sentence:
1 Why, good Sir Maurice," rejoined the wily politician, "start not aside like a scared steed, without, at least, considering the object of your terror.
2 Ay, but thou forgettest," said the wily adviser, "thou wilt have neither leisure nor opportunity to execute this mad project.
3 In short, the wily old Jew had the boy in his toils.
4 So wily was he that he had not trusted himself upon foot, but he had availed himself of a cab so that he could loiter behind or dash past them and so escape their notice.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
Context Highlight In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
5 Even now we have no clear case against this very wily man.
6 These despised themselves, as being the dupes of a wily fraud, a guileful snake in the grass.
7 I, too, am wily and I think his mind in a little while.
8 The Cytherean gave ready assent to her request, and laughed at the wily invention.
9 I will watch with the wiliness of a snake, that I may sting with its venom.
Example Sentence:
1 She is as wily as a fox in avoiding trouble.
2 Fortunately, Batman saw through the wily machination of the Riddler and saved Gotham City from destruction by the forces of evil.