wiliness

NOUN
  1. shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
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How To Use wiliness In A Sentence

  • And if you've played for several seasons, you'd know not to underestimate the wiliness of the old fogies.
  • All this is of his craft and wiliness: wherefore do thou betake thyself to equity and fair dealing and leave frowardness and tyranny; and thou shalt fare all the better for it. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
  • But one person's skulduggery is another's wiliness.
  • And if you've played for several seasons, you'd know not to underestimate the wiliness of the old fogies.
  • It's cold, everybody's wearing cheap waterproofs or knackered jumpers, most people have an expression halfway between habitual wiliness and gutted defeat.
  • There were layers upon unfathomable layers of wiliness here, thought Septach Melayn. LORD PRESTIMION
  • The success of this programme is largely due to the tremendous support of local employers who have welcomed trainees into their businesses with a wiliness that has truly worked.
  • All this is of his craft and wiliness: wherefore do thou betake thyself to equity and fair dealing and leave frowardness and tyranny; and thou shalt fare all the better for it.
  • He had drawn considerable attention not only for his military prowess, demonstrated in the usual interclan battles, but also for a wiliness not usually attributed to mid-status chiefs who specialized in combat. Drowning World
  • A fiend for organising mega cultural events in college, young Ismail's wiliness and wheedling skills come to the fore in organising mega cultural events in college.
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