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She turned out to be a wily negotiator.
a wily judge of character, she takes advantage of car buyers' insecurities to sell them a bigger machine than they really need
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Set in the world of tabloid journalism, the Paparazzo follows an opportunistic outcast who needs fast cash to help his ailing mother and decides to partner with a wily paparazzo.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2024
Genghis Khan and his Silk Road Mongols, wily prospectors leading gold-rush donkeys, living tiki towers being climbed by monkeys.
—Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
The wily Canuck was practically invisible for the first three weeks of the season, a victim of far flashier payers (cough, Rome, cough) that commandeered all the camera time.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Their leader was said to be a particularly wily simian named Capone.
—Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Wily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wily. Accessed 29 Dec. 2024.
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