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wily
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A wily politician, Enrile never spent a day behind bars for his role in the Marcos dictatorship despite its human rights abuses.
The wiliest or greediest adult children have their eye on the main prize: real estate.
Nationalism and xenophobia: There are endless proclamations of national superiority and hatred of foreigners; yet despite this claimed superiority, wily foreigners are always seen to be getting the better of the national community.
Aided by Stone and Plemons’ wily pair of performances, “Bugonia” is both everything you think it will be and nothing like that image at all.
She favors installing parental controls, even though wily children can outwit them, on grounds that some thwarting is better than none at all.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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