wiliness
Example Sentences
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Intrigued by her working-class wiliness, Slowik is unsettled: He can see that she’s willing to take him on.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2022
Through wit, grit, wiliness and determination he wrought one of the greatest resurrections in American politics.
From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2021
Instead Arsenal attacked United with a wiliness in the clinches, the full-backs working furiously, the midfield ferreting hard.
From The Guardian • Mar. 10, 2019
On “Meet the Press,” NBC’s Chuck Todd asked Trump about his wiliness to substantiate odd claims with bogus proof.
From MSNBC • Oct. 24, 2018
It was largely because of his habit of marching troops all over the Shenandoah Valley in an illogical and inexplicable fashion that Jackson earned a reputation among bewildered enemy officers for wiliness.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
