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Wila vs Wily - What's the difference?

wila | wily |

As a noun wila

is Bryoria fremontii, a dark-brown, hair-like lichen eaten by First Peoples in North America.

As an adjective wily is

sly, cunning, full of tricks.

wila

English

Alternative forms

* wile

Noun

  • Bryoria fremontii , a dark-brown, hair-like lichen eaten by (l)s in North America.
  • Synonyms

    * (Byoria fremontii) (archaic classification)

    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

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