- comparative of wily.
wilier
Example Sentences
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Factories are now able to supply better quality masks to meet the challenge of wilier new variants, but the communal work continues.
From Los Angeles Times β Feb. 17, 2023
He proves wilier than the hunter and retains fearsome strength and speed, despite his age.
From Slate β Dec. 24, 2022
This had become the norm: with declining media coverage and wilier evasions by the police, the dead tended to disappear.
From The Guardian β Jul. 18, 2019
But she’s wilier than you expect, bringing to the part the same vulpine alertness to opportunity she demonstrated as a political Eve Harrington type in “The City of Conversation,” also by Mr. Giardina.
From New York Times β Jun. 7, 2018
So far, the fish had proved wilier than they’d imagined.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
