Examples of wily in a Sentence
She turned out to be a wily negotiator.
a wily judge of character, she takes advantage of car buyers' insecurities to sell them a bigger machine than they really need
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This hack pathway can be blocked, until the wily Lazarus Project guys find another.
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Vipin Bharathan, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Cedar’s Mitch gives the story a wily villain with freaky dance moves.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
Two wily cousins take on the mob while also running around a giant film set?
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 19 Feb. 2025
The establishing scenes of Islands feel like something out of a James M. Cain novel — a wily noir, in this case drenched in subtropical heat and blinding sunshine.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
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Vipin Bharathan, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Cedar’s Mitch gives the story a wily villain with freaky dance moves.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
Two wily cousins take on the mob while also running around a giant film set?
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 19 Feb. 2025
The establishing scenes of Islands feel like something out of a James M. Cain novel — a wily noir, in this case drenched in subtropical heat and blinding sunshine.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wily
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“Wily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wily. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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