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wil·i·ness
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Princeton's WordNet
craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wilinessnoun
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
Wiktionary
wilinessnoun
deceitful cleverness or shrewdness
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Wilinessnoun
Cunning; guile.
Etymology: from wily.
The ungodly, for his own lust, doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the crafty wiliness that they have imagined. Psalm x. 2.
She supplied the weakness of force by wiliness of art, and advantage of treaty. James Howell, Voc. Forest.
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wiliness
Wiliness is the quality or state of being cunning, sly, or crafty, typically in a manipulative or deceptive way. Often associated with the ability to achieve one's goals through clever strategies or subtle manipulation.
Webster Dictionary
Wilinessnoun
the quality or state of being wily; craftiness; cunning; guile
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wiliness in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wiliness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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