wily
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Here Hyungjin Son, the bumpkin-ish Bardolph in “Falstaff,” portrayed the Count, while Colclough was the wily Figaro.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 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
It makes for a wily and endearing tale, and in Adrian Nathan West’s excellent translation, the writing is remarkably untroubled by the stylistic sclerosis that can afflict writers with Vargas Llosa’s prestige.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Guy Pepper, eight caps deep, will be a target for wily opposite number Jamie Ritchie.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
He is so speedy, so wily, that mall workers long ago gave up trying to catch him.
From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate
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