wilily

They went wilily to their purpose, observing that his classical and Attic wit, his delicate vein of humour, his happy turn for dialogue, were rendered burlesque and ludicrous by this unmeaning and bizarre disguise, and that those attributes would become far more impressive if aided by the spirit of his eye and the expression of his natural features.

Chronicles of the Canongate 2008

Nor is it a time to flatter, or be silent; it is you, Mr. Carnal-Security, that have wilily stripped Mansoul, and driven her glory from her; you have pulled down her towers, you have broken down her gates, you have spoiled her locks and bars.

The Holy War 2001

¶ And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to A'i, they did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; and old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.

Joshua 9. 1999

It may be questioned, whether there are any hours in this life, of such unmixed enjoyment as the few, the very few, which a young bachelor is allowed to rescue from the pressing invitations of those dear friends, who want another talking man at their dinner tables, or from those many and wilily-devised entanglements which are woven round him by the hands of inevitable mothers, and preserve entirely to himself.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 270, August 25, 1827 Various

Men don't go wilily to work in these days; but if they did, the notion of poor George, who could not keep a secret or tell a lie with easy grace if it were to save his life -- the notion of making him a diplomatist is very absurd.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 Various

The _enfants terrible_ had wilily caught his lordship in the corridor, and made their own terms.

Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk Robert Ford

He was not, however, a man capable of lending himself meekly to schemes of greed, however wilily they were cloaked.

Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Catherine Radziwill 1899

'It is not so much,' wilily insinuates the Tempter, 'that these renowned authors lack knowledge.

Obiter Dicta Augustine Birrell 1891

Days of desolation beget resolves, times of terror produce engagements, which the heart (the storm past) will wilily and wickedly seek to evade.

The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation Various 1876

Pan ever piped more wilily, or more in harmony with the scenes around him.

The Hive of "The Bee-Hunter," A Repository of Sketches, Including Peculiar American Character, Scenery, and Rural Sports 1854