Definition of WILY

wily

Adjective Satellite

  • marked by skill in deception
    • "a wily old attorney"

Adj

  • Sly, cunning, full of tricks.

Adjective

  • Full of wiles; crafty or cunning.

Examples

  • Horatio's new girlfriend is a wily coquette, and poor Horatio is too smitten to see it.
  • The wily Scrabble player always saved her blank for a critical seven-letter word.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English wily, wiley, wyly. By surface analysis, wil(e) + -y.

Scrabble Score: 10

wily: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
wily: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wily: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

wily: valid Words With Friends Word