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Six example sentences with wily, each labelled with its topic.
The wily raid boss feints toward the healer, then punishes whoever steps forward to intercept the obvious attack.
Gaming
A wily veteran point guard sells a hesitation dribble so convincingly that the rookie defender lunges at empty air.
Basketball
Odysseus is remembered as wily because he talks his way past monsters that stronger heroes would simply have fought.
Literature
The wily senator let his rivals believe the bill was dead, then called the vote while half of them were at lunch.
Politics
The film's wily con artist keeps her rival guessing by hinting at a plan she has no intention of ever using.
Movies
A wily supplier padded the first quote so the buyer would feel victorious after a discount that changed nothing.
Business
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