WILINESS

craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness

(noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

wiliness (countable and uncountable, plural wilinesses)

deceitful cleverness or shrewdness

Source: Wiktionary


Wi"li*ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being wily; craftiness; cunning; guile.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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