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discriminating

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d?s?k??m?ne?t??(?)/

Adjective

discriminating (comparative more discriminating, superlative most discriminating)

  1. Able to perceive fine distinctions between similar things; perceptive
  2. Having a discerning judgment or taste

Verb

discriminating

  1. present participle of discriminate

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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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