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- adjective
superlative form ofwily : mostwily .
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Examples
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The ones that survive to become big bucks are the smartest and wiliest bucks of the herd.
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They schemed, they plotted, they resorted to the wiliest of strategies and delaying efforts-including the invention of the most wonderfully complicated “census-taking” known to man - to ensure that no Jews under their govemance fell into German hands.
Today is the 66th anniversary of the rescue of the Danish Jews. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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The significance: In the original, Wo Fat became one of the best, wiliest, recurring villains in network television history.
Enough Viewers Make Bachelor Brad's Second Chance No. 2 in Ratings 2011
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The ones that survive to become big bucks are the smartest and wiliest bucks of the herd.
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Jumblatt is Druze, and one of the wiliest, most intelligent figures in the Near East.
There Are Some Lines You Just Don’t Cross « Antiwar.com Blog 2009
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What makes you think any man would return to here, pearl in hand? asked Conan, who had dealt with the wiliest princes and had acquired a keen ear for traps.
Archive 2009-12-01 Reis O'Brien 2009
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“I notice that you have profited in the past by those very labour gouges you mention,” insinuated Brentwood, one of the wiliest and most astute of our corporation lawyers.
THE DREAM OF DEBS 2010
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What makes you think any man would return to here, pearl in hand? asked Conan, who had dealt with the wiliest princes and had acquired a keen ear for traps.
Conan Fan Fiction! Cromsblood 2009
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Meet the wiliest of all coyotes: Hit by a car at 75mph, embedded in the fender, road for 600 miles - and SURVIVED!
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The Favorite: Art. Perfected by the Greeks and tweaked for millenniums, art has hosted history's wiliest strikers and enjoyed countless championships.
Honfleur Gallery and Mexican Cultural Institute exhibits pit art against design 2010
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