wily

• Qualifie une personne intelligente, rusée et habile à atteindre ses objectifs, souvent par des moyens indirects ou sournois.

Describes someone who is clever, cunning, and skilled at getting what they want, often through indirect or tricky means.

1. Cunning or craftyC1formal

   Skilled at gaining an advantage, especially by deceiving others.

   rusé

   • The wily fox managed to escape from the trap.
   • He is a wily negotiator who always gets what he wants.
   • Her wily tactics helped her win the debate.

   Synonymesartfulcalculatingcraftycunningdeviousguilefulschemingshrewdslytricky

   Antonymesartlessguilelesshonestingenuousnaivestraightforward