Synonyms:
crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
Meaning: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
Usage examples
The wily bishop set to work, and the consequences were soon visible.
Motionless as a bronze statue was the wily ape-man, for well he knew how wary is Pisah, the fish.
And there he was in great peril, for the giant was a wily fighter, but at last Sir Marhaus smote off his right arm above the elbow.
But soon resuming his self-possession--his wily, "business-like" self-possession--he started up, and shook me vehemently by the hand.
I am sure that, not two leagues from here, we shall come across that wily Reuben, his nag, his cart and the tall stranger all in a heap in the middle of the road."
As time went on he resolved at any cost to rid the Court of the presence of this man, whose simple, straightforward conduct baffled the wily and defeated their plans; but an attempt to get him ejected from the Council met with such stormy opposition that the Prime Minister determined to change his tactics.