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wilier

ADJECTIVE

crafty, clever

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cagey crooked scheming shifty shrewd sly sneaky underhanded

WEAK

arch artful astute crazy like a fox cunning deceitful deceptive deep designing foxy greasy guileful insidious intriguing knowing sagacious sharp slick slippery smooth streetwise tricky

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aboveboard forthright frank honest open straight

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 • Feb. 17, 2023

True, historically, British boors have shared little kinship with their American cousins; ours has been a wilier boorishness, obscured by a miasma of supercilious, ironic detachment.

From Washington Post • May 30, 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 • Jun. 7, 2018

Schmeichel came flying out in his trademark intimidatory pose, arms outstretched and his legs wide, but he was up against a wilier opponent than usual.

From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2012

So far, the fish had proved wilier than they’d imagined.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray