wily

«wily» in Mova's school dictionary: clever at tricking people to get what you want — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (wilier, wiliest)

meaning for a pupil

Wily means clever at tricking people to get what you want. tree →

sense in the lessons

describes a sly character such as a fox or a trickster in stories

examples

• The wily fox tricked the hens. tree →
• A wily rogue hid the gold. tree →
• The wily wizard had a plan. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.
• He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «wily» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.