Definitions for wily

wily wil·y

Spelling: [wahy-lee]
IPA: /ˈwaɪ li/

Wily is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 18 anagrams from letters in wily (ilwy).

Definitions for wily

adjective

  1. full of, marked by, or proceeding from wiles; crafty; cunning.

Origin of wily

Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at wile, -y1

Examples for wily

They were wily, changing their car tags along the road and possibly tossing their cell phones.

I roused my energies, and the next time the wily Beadle summoned me, I went.

It was a wily trap he had set me, worthy only of a trickster.

The distorted image of the wily Jesuit is unlikely to disappear.

Rick Wilson, a top Florida GOP political consultant, describes Rivera as “a wily character ... [who has] run out of tricks.”

The stratagem of the wily savage was thus perfectly successful.

He was wily and stylish enough to walk around the field scoring off defenders young enough to be his children.

As wily as his character when asked about it, Sheen proved himself to be a master of the media, feinting with a good sound bite.

In marrying Ben Aboo, the wily Katrina imposed two conditions.

It was a time for confidences, and the wily Mrs. Dunn realized that fact.

Word Value for wily
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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