1. Character Quotes
  2. deceitful vs wily

different between deceitful vs wily

deceitful

English

Alternative forms

  • deceiptful (obsolete)
  • deceiptfull (obsolete)
  • deceitfull (archaic)

Etymology

deceit +? -ful

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??si?tf?l/, /-fl?/

Adjective

deceitful (comparative more deceitful, superlative most deceitful)

  1. Deliberately misleading or cheating.
    • c. 1590, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, [Act II, scene vii]:
      All the?e are ?eruants to deceitfull men.
  2. Deceptive, two-faced.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:deceptive

Translations

deceitful From the web:

  • what deceitful means
  • what deceitful means in spanish
  • what deceitful wiles mean
  • what's deceitful wiles
  • what does deceitful mean in the bible
  • what is deceitful behavior
  • what does deceitful
  • what do deceitful mean

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

wily From the web:

  • what wily means
  • what willy wonka character are you quiz
  • what willy's wonderland character are you
  • what willy-nilly means
  • what willy loman was in crossword
  • what willy wonka is really about
  • what willy cook recipes
  • what willy cook burrito
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like

Copyright © 2024 Quotes