wiliness

wiliness
index artifice, dishonesty, fraud

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  • Wiliness — Wi li*ness, n. The quality or state of being wily; craftiness; cunning; guile. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wiliness — [wī′lē nis] n. a wily quality or condition * * * See wilily. * * * …   Universalium

  • wiliness — [wī′lē nis] n. a wily quality or condition …   English World dictionary

  • wiliness — wily ► ADJECTIVE (wilier, wiliest) ▪ skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully. DERIVATIVES wiliness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • wiliness — noun see wily …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • wiliness — noun deceitful cleverness or shrewdness See Also: wily …   Wiktionary

  • wiliness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Deceitful cleverness: art, artfulness, artifice, craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness. See HONEST, MEANS …   English dictionary for students

  • wiliness — wil·i·ness || waɪlɪnɪs n. state or quality of being wily; cleverness, cunning; guile …   English contemporary dictionary

  • wiliness — noun (U) the quality of being wily …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • wiliness — wil·i·ness …   English syllables

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