Etymology

wily

wi·ly
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Today it means: Sly, cunning, full of tricks. Full definition →

Middle English wily
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromwily
  2. English todaywily

From Middle English wily, wiley, wyly. By surface analysis, wil(e) + -y.

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