wily

Example Sentences

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His silverware collection is dwarfed by O'Neill's but Hearts do have their own wily old master in the background, with Sir Alex Ferguson offering guidance to McInnes.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Here Hyungjin Son, the bumpkin-ish Bardolph in “Falstaff,” portrayed the Count, while Colclough was the wily Figaro.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Lyndon B. Johnson, the party’s wily leader, used it to effectively kill business-friendly amendments to a federal labor law that the GOP had been pushing.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

Political analysts say she is a wily politician who can appease Trump—who says she is doing a “fantastic job”—while consolidating power in the long run.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

I appreciated his wily maneuvering on the Net, his bizarre sense of humor, his oddly defiant view of his world, his striking intelligence and lust for ideas.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz