wily
Example Sentences
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His silverware collection is dwarfed by O'Neill's but Hearts do have their own wily old master in the background, with Sir Alex Ferguson offering guidance to McInnes.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Lyndon B. Johnson, the party’s wily leader, used it to effectively kill business-friendly amendments to a federal labor law that the GOP had been pushing.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026
Starmer opted for a political appointee instead, hoping that Mandelson, a wily political operator who also ran a lobbying firm, would be better suited to manage the White House.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
His genial demeanour and penchant for folksy parables belie a past as a wily guerrilla fighter and ruthless political survivor.
From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026
Hunters will tell you that a moose is a wily and ferocious forest creature.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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