Sunday, June 1, 2014

The word: Wily

  1.  
     
    Wily Coyote and Road runner most of us grew up watching in cartoons. But basically the word wily means "skilled at gaining and advantage, especially deceitfully. So, how I would describe a coyote in behavior is a cross between the behavior of a fox and a wolf except not nearly as big as a wolf but much bigger than any fox. Most coyotes are under about 70 pounds and on average probably between 30 and 70 pounds on average maybe at about 40 or 50 pounds. But, this is an animal that you never want to underestimate even though it likely wouldn't usually ever attack a human above about 5 or 10 (size dependent)(if the the coyote was alone and not in a pack) because this is a very very intelligent animal sort of like a wolf and this animal knows just how intelligent it is.
     
     
    wil·y
    ˈwīlē/
    adjective
    adjective: wily; comparative adjective: wilier; superlative adjective: wiliest
    1. skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully.
      "his wily opponents"
      synonyms:shrewd, clever, sharp, sharp-witted, astute, canny, smart; More
      informalclueful, tricky, foxy;
      archaicsubtle
      "a wily old rascal"
      antonyms:naive
    Translate wily to
    Use over time for: wily
  2. Wily - Merriam-Webster Online

    www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wily
    Merriam‑Webster
    Definition of wily from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games.
  3. Wily | Define Wily at Dictionary.com

    dictionary.reference.com/browse/wily
    full of, marked by, or proceeding from wiles; crafty; cunning. Origin: 1250–1300; Middle English; see wile, -y1. Related forms. wilily, adverb. wiliness, noun.
  4. wily - definition of wily by the Free Online Dictionary ...

    www.thefreedictionary.com/wily
    TheFreeDictionary.com
    adj. wi·li·er, wi·li·est. Full of wiles; cunning. wil′i·ly adv. wil′i·ness n. wily (ˈwaɪlɪ). adj, wilier or wiliest. 1. characterized by or proceeding from wiles; sly or ...

No comments: