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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a wily" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is clever, cunning, or skilled at achieving their goals through deceit or trickery.
Example: "The detective was a wily investigator, always one step ahead of the criminals."
Alternatives: "a cunning" or "a crafty".
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He's just a wily vet".
Arnold, a wily negotiator, acquiesced.
With fresh legs or a wily brain?
He's a wily old fox".
But the insurgency is a wily thing.
But the intruder proved a wily match.
He was a wily old political hand.
"She's a wily mouse, you don't know.
Grief is shattering, unpredictable, a wily pickpocket.
He was a wily one, the last emperor.
He was a born negotiator and often a wily one.
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