In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
WILIEST
WILY
crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
wiliest
superlative form of wily: most wily
007 is the wiliest spy.
Source: Wiktionary
WILY
Wil"y, a. [Compar. Wilier; superl. Wiliest.] Etym: [From Wile.]
Definition: Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle. "Wily and wise." Chaucer. "The wily snake." Milton. This false, wily, doubling disposition of mind. South.
Syn.
– Cunning; artful; sly; crafty. See Cunning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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