Crossword-Solution: WILINESS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Wiliness | n. | The quality or state of being wily; craftiness; cunning; guile. |
We have 6 clues for the answer “WILINESS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Skill in deception | 1 answer |
| Canniness | 16 answers |
| Craftiness | 21 answers |
| Shrewdness | 25 answers |
| ART ___ | 80 answers |
| Cunning | 91 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AARE
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with WILINESS (5)
And when I have paid for the policeman who protects me and, if I live in a country where conscription is in force, served in the army which guards my house and land from the invader, I am quits with society: for the rest I counter its might with my wiliness.
Now, if lying, wiliness, sinful craft, and all manner of horrible hypocrisy, will go in my Father’s court (in which court thou must be tried) for equity and right, then will I confess unto thee that thou hast made a lawful conquest.
You have thought so yourself, dear lady, have you not? Well! it is part of my wiliness and part of my suspicion to object to Madame Fosco being a witness to Lady Glyde’s signature, when I am also a witness myself.” “There is not the shadow of a reason for his objection,” interposed Sir Percival.
There were many such men in the republic of Florence, all as great as Strozzi, and as able as their adversaries the Medici, though vanquished by the superior craft and wiliness of the latter.
Against this summary verdict the observer sets the beast's industry, its talent as a weaver, its wiliness in the chase, its tragic nuptials and other characteristics of great interest.
Quotes with WILINESS (1)
Shall each man," cried he, "find a wife for his bosom, and each beast have his mate, and I be alone? I had feelings of affection, and they were requited by detestation and scorn. Man! You may hate, but beware! Your hours will pass in dread and misery, and soon the bolt will fall which must ravish from you your happiness forever. Are you to be happy while I grovel in the intensity of my wretchedness? You can blast my other passions, but revenge remains — revenge, henceforth de…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, USA TODAY.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (2000–2023).