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Wily vs Contriving - What's the difference?

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Wily is a related term of contriving.


As an adjective wily

is sly, cunning, full of tricks.

As a verb contriving is

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As a noun contriving is

the act of one who contrives.

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

    contriving

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who contrives.
  • * 2007 , Steve Talbott, Devices of the Soul (page 192)
    • Do we really want all those strivings and contrivings —all those thoughts and assumptions someone has cleverly etched into the hardware and software we are using—to remain invisible?