wiliness
Example Sentences
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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
They combined their experience and wiliness to solve a murder that had remained a mystery in a 1973 episode of “Mannix.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2017
He has rediscovered his running game, kicked well and shown the composure and wiliness garnered from more than 100 tests.
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2015
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
