different between wily vs wilily

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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  • what willy-nilly means
  • what willy loman was in crossword
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wilily

English

Etymology

From wily +? -ly.

Adverb

wilily (comparative more wilily, superlative most wilily)

  1. In a wily manner.

wilily From the web:

  • what does wilily mean in the bible
  • what does wilily
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