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Cautious vs Wily - What's the difference?

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Cautious is a related term of wily.


As adjectives the difference between cautious and wily

is that cautious is careful; using or exercising caution; tentative while wily is sly, cunning, full of tricks.

cautious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • careful; using or exercising caution; tentative
    • He took a few cautious steps out the door.

    Synonyms

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    Antonyms

    * neglecting * careless

    Derived terms

    * overcautious

    wily

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • sly, cunning, full of tricks
    • Horatio's new girlfriend is a wily coquette and poor Horatio is too smitten to see it.

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