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Wilily. World English Historical Dictionary

Wilily. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1928, rev. 2024. Wilily adv. Forms: see WILY; also 5 wilele, 6 wylely, -ie, wilely. [f. WILY a. + -LY2.] In a wily manner; craftily, cunningly, by stratagem.

1 a. 1400.  Pistill of Susan, 213. Wylyliche heo wyled hir wenches away.

2 c. 1400.  Anturs of Arth., 575 (Douce MS.). Wilele þes wighte mene þaire wepenes þey welde.

3 a. 1425.  trans. Arderne’s Treat. Fistula, etc. 15. If perauenture þe pacient haue wilyly broȝt in with hym any leche for to aspye.

4 1531.  Tindale, Expos. 1 John (1538), 44. Antichrist disgysed hymselfe … & preached Christ wylyly, bryngyng in now thys tradicion, and now that.

5 1596.  Dalrymple, trans. Leslie’s Hist. Scot. (S.T.S.), I. 268. Wittilie and wylelie tuecheng the king.

6 1611.  Bible, Josh. ix. 4. They did worke wilily, and went and made as if they had beene embassadours.

7 1682.  Bunyan, Holy War, 243. ’Tis you Mr. Carnal Security that have wilily stripped Mansoul, and driven her glory from her.

8 1724.  Ramsay, Tea-t. Misc. (1733), I. 85. And wylily they shot the lock.

9 1847.  Gosse, Birds Jamaica, 412. A flock of swimming Pelicans, wilily endeavouring to approach some unwary one.

10 1885.  W. Ross, Aberdour & Inchcolme, i. 23. Having married the daughter of the third Earl, he wilily succeeded to his title and estates in 1553.

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