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wily
/ˈwaɪli/
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a
.)使用計謀的,有詭計的,狡猾的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Wil·y
a.
[
Compar.
Wilier
superl.
Wiliest
.]
Full
of
wiles
,
tricks
,
or
stratagems
;
using
craft
or
stratagem
to
accomplish
a
purpose
;
mischievously
artful
;
subtle
.
“
Wily
and
wise.”
--
Chaucer
.
“The
wily
snake.”
This
false
,
wily
,
doubling
disposition
of
mind
.
--
South
.
Syn:
--
Cunning
;
artful
;
sly
;
crafty
.
See
Cunning
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
wily
adj
:
marked
by
skill
in
deception
; "
cunning
men
often
pass
for
wise
"; "
deep
political
machinations
"; "
a
foxy
scheme
";
"
a
slick
evasive
answer
"; "
sly
as
a
fox
"; "
tricky
Dik
";
"
a
wily
old
attorney
" [
syn
:
crafty
,
cunning
,
dodgy
,
foxy
,
guileful
,
knavish
,
slick
,
sly
,
tricksy
,
tricky
]
[
also
:
wiliest
,
wilier
]
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