different between cautious vs wily

cautious

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k????s/
  • Rhymes: -????s

Adjective

cautious (comparative more cautious, superlative most cautious)

  1. careful; using or exercising caution; tentative
    He took a few cautious steps toward the cave.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:cautious

Antonyms

  • careless
  • incautious
  • neglecting
  • uncautious

Derived terms

Translations

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wily

English

Etymology

From Middle English wily, wiley, wyly; equivalent to wile +? -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa?.li/
  • Rhymes: -a?li
  • Homophone: Wylie
  • Hyphenation: wi?ly

Adjective

wily (comparative wilier or more wily, superlative wiliest or most wily)

  1. Sly, cunning, full of tricks
    Horatio's new girlfriend is a wily coquette and poor Horatio is too smitten to see it.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:wily

Derived terms

  • wilily
  • wiliness

Translations

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