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Wiliness

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. deceitful cleverness or shrewdness

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The quality or state of being wily; craftiness; cunning; guile.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The state or character of being wily; cunning; guile.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

Word Usage

"He still feels, moreover, some of the old "wiliness" and "unkemptness" within himself; he thinks they are of the Jews and of none others -- and he wants to get rid of them."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

astuteness shrewdness perspicacity perspicaciousness

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

craftiness cunning guile

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

abstruseness wolfling mungooz craftiness calumniation