wily in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for wily in the English»Italian Dictionary

wily [Brit ˈwʌɪli, Am ˈwaɪli] ADJ

wily person, animal, plot:

wily

astuto, scaltro

wily old bird inf

volpone

wily old fox inf

vecchia volpe

as wily as a fox

furbo come una volpe

Translations for wily in the Italian»English Dictionary

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filone (filona)

wily old bird

scaltrito

wily

furbacchione (furbacchiona)

wily bird

lenza

wily (old) fox

lenza

wily (old) bird

è un volpone

he's a cunning or wily old fox, he's a sly or crafty old dog, he's a slick or smooth operator

scaltro persona, aspetto

wily

essere astuto come una volpe

to be as wily as a fox

è una vecchia volpe

he's a cunning or wily old fox, he's a sly or crafty old dog

essere furbo come una volpe

to be as wily as a fox

furbo come una volpe

as wily as a fox

wily in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for wily in the English»Italian Dictionary

wily <-ier, -iest> [ˈwaɪ·li] ADJ

wily

astuto, -a

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It is in the form of a fabliau and tells the story of a miserly merchant, his avaricious wife and her lover, a wily monk.

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A wily negotiator, she secured good prices for exports and cut the debts which had piled up before she became "ariki".

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Wily is one of the few editors that supports mouse chording.

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His daydream is a huge circus-like maze, and he constantly uses his wily words to psyche out his opponents.

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Wily gave him a nuclear energy supply to extend his life.

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The finale reunites the rabbits but the wily animals win nothing.

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