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Secretive vs Wily - What's the difference?

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Secretive is a related term of wily.


As adjectives the difference between secretive and wily

is that secretive is having an inclination to secrecy while wily is sly, cunning, full of tricks.

secretive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having an inclination to secrecy.

    • Synonyms

    * furtive * sly * See also

    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.

    Synonyms

    * See also