She turned out to be a wily negotiator.
a wily judge of character, she takes advantage of car buyers' insecurities to sell them a bigger machine than they really need
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Another quarterback who has exceeded expectations, the wily, 6-1 Washington State transfer consistently draws comparisons to fellow Sooner Baker Mayfield.—Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 Fellow comedy legend Carl Reiner, who played the wily Saul Bloom in all three Ocean's movies, died in June 2020 at age 98 from natural causes, leaving behind a career that netted him 11 Emmy Awards, a Grammy, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025 The movie tracks Charlene’s growth from a strong-willed teen into a wary, wily, powerful adult.—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025 The semicolon is a wily punctuation mark.—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wily
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