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Wiliness   Listen
noun
Wiliness  n.  The quality or state of being wily; craftiness; cunning; guile.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Wiliness" Quotes from Famous Books



... for his own lust doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the crafty wiliness that ...
— The Book of Common Prayer - and The Scottish Liturgy • Church of England

... bad name: to most of us, she represents an odious, noxious animal, which every one hastens to crush under foot. Against this summary verdict the observer sets the beast's industry, its talent as a weaver, its wiliness in the chase, its tragic nuptials and other characteristics of great interest. Yes, the Spider is well worth studying, apart from any scientific reasons; but she is said to be poisonous and that is her crime and ...
— The Life of the Spider • J. Henri Fabre



Words linked to "Wiliness" :   craftiness, cunning, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, foxiness, astuteness, craft, guile



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