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Detailed Translations for wiliness from English to French

wiliness:

wiliness [the ~] nomen

  1. the wiliness (dodge; cleverness; smartness)
    l'intelligence; l'habileté; la finesse; l'ingéniosité
  2. the wiliness (slyness; guile; cunning; craftiness)
    la malice; l'astuce; la ruse; la perfidie; la finesse; la fourberie; la roublardise; la rouerie; la malignité

Translation Matrix for wiliness:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
astuce craftiness; cunning; guile; slyness; wiliness brightness; cleverness; cunning; discernment; insight; intelligence; manoeuver; manoeuvre; ruse; sagacity; shrewdness; slyness; smartness; trick
finesse cleverness; craftiness; cunning; dodge; guile; slyness; smartness; wiliness cunning; delicacy; down to the minutest details; elegance; finesse; gracefulness; keenness; nicety; sharpness; slyness; subtlety
fourberie craftiness; cunning; guile; slyness; wiliness crookedness; cunning; deceitfulness; dirty trick; down to the minutest details; nastiness; nicety; slyness; subtlety; treacherousness
habileté cleverness; dodge; smartness; wiliness ability; adroitness; agility; art; brightness; business sense; capability; capacity; cleverness; competence; dexterity; discernment; dodge; expertise; gimmick; handiness; insight; intelligence; knack; lure; quality; ruse; sagacity; skill; sleight of hand; smartness; trick
ingéniosité cleverness; dodge; smartness; wiliness acumen; acuteness; adeptness; brainpower; brightness; brilliance; cleverness; discernment; genius; ingenuity; insight; intellect; intelligence; inventiveness; keen perception; mental capacity; perception; quick-wittedness; resourcefulness; sagacity; sense; sharp-mindedness; sharpness; shrewdness; slyness; smartness; thought; understanding
intelligence cleverness; dodge; smartness; wiliness ability to understand; acumen; acuteness; adeptness; apparition; brain; brainpower; brightness; brilliance; cleverness; comprehension; discernment; frame of mind; genius; ghost; ghostly apparition; hastiness; humor; humour; hurry; ingenuity; insight; intellect; intellectual grasp; intellectual powers; intelligence; inventiveness; keen perception; mental capacity; mental grasp; mood; notion; perception; phantom; quick-wittedness; resourcefulness; sagacity; sense; sharp-mindedness; sharpness; shrewdness; slyness; smartness; specter; spectre; spook; temper; thought; understanding
malice craftiness; cunning; guile; slyness; wiliness cleverness; cunning; down to the minutest details; impishness; intelligence; malice; mischief; nastiness; naughtiness; nicety; roguishness; sagacity; slyness; spite; subtlety
malignité craftiness; cunning; guile; slyness; wiliness cunning; down to the minutest details; malice; malignity; nastiness; nicety; slyness; spite; subtlety; venomousness; viciousness; virulence
perfidie craftiness; cunning; guile; slyness; wiliness act of faithlessness; breach of faith; cunning; deceit; deceitfulness; disloyalty; down to the minutest details; faithlessness; falseness; falsity; illegitimacy; infidelity; malignity; nicety; perfidy; shrewdness; slyness; sneakiness; spuriousness; subtlety; treacherous quality; treacherousness; unfaithfulness; venomousness; viciousness; virulence
roublardise craftiness; cunning; guile; slyness; wiliness slitheriness
rouerie craftiness; cunning; guile; slyness; wiliness craftiness; cunning; down to the minutest details; nicety; shrewdness; slyness; subtlety
ruse craftiness; cunning; guile; slyness; wiliness brightness; cleverness; craftiness; crookedness; cunning; dirty trick; discernment; down to the minutest details; gimmicks; insight; intelligence; manoeuver; manoeuvre; nastiness; nicety; prank; ruse; sagacity; shrewdness; slyness; smartness; stunts; subtlety; trick; trickery
- craft; craftiness; cunning; foxiness; guile; slyness

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Related Definitions for "wiliness":

  1. shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception1

Wiktionary Translations for wiliness:

wiliness
noun
  1. Talent

wily:

wily adj

  1. wily (smart; perky; astute; )
  2. wily (smart; canny; shrewd; sly)
  3. wily (astute; clever; intelligent; )
  4. wily (clever; astute; resourceful; )

Translation Matrix for wily:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
alerte alarm; alert; call for help; cry for help
dégourdi cunning; shrewdness; slyness
fin cease; concluding observations; concluding piece; concluding remarks; conclusion; end; ending; far end; final; final end; final piece; finale; finish; finishing line; finishing point; in conclusion; knock off; quitting; stopping; termination; terminus; tip
malin clever fox; cleverness; cunning; sagacity; shrewdness; sly dog; slyboots; slyness
roublard fly boy; shifty character; slick customer; smooth operator; sneak
rusé cleverness; cunning; intelligence; sagacity; shrewdness; slick operator; slyboots; slyness
tranchant cunning; cutting surface; keenness; sharpness
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- cunning; insidious
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
adroit astute; bright; clever; crafty; ingenious; intelligent; perky; resourceful; sagacious; sharp; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise able; adroit; calculating; capable; cunning; dexterous; dodgy; easily; easy; effortless; expert; genuine; handy; neat; nimble; not difficult; not hard; proficient; serious; shrewd; simple; skilful; skilled; skillful; sly; straight; trained
agile astute; bright; clever; crafty; ingenious; intelligent; sagacious; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise able; adroit; agile; brisk; capable; clever; dexterous; easily; easy; effortless; expert; fast; fledged; handy; ingenious; keen; neat; nimble; not difficult; not hard; proficient; quick; rapid; simple; skilful; skillful; speedy; swift
alerte astute; bright; clever; perky; resourceful; sharp; smart; wily agile; agitated; alert; aroused; bright; brisk; buoyant; busily engaged; bustling; busy; cheerful; dapper; energetic; engaged; excited; fashionable; fluttered; full of joy; gay; happy; heated; high-spirited; jolly; lively; merry; nimble; occupied; quick; rapid; smart; spirited; sprightly; spry; tied up; trendy; upbeat; vigorous; worldly minded
astucieusement astute; bright; canny; clever; crafty; perky; resourceful; sharp; shrewd; sly; smart; wily calculating; clever; cunning; dodgy; ingenious; keen; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly
astucieux astute; bright; canny; clever; crafty; ingenious; intelligent; perky; resourceful; sagacious; sharp; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise calculating; clever; cunning; dodgy; fantastic; ingenious; keen; marvellous; marvelous; resourceful; shrewd; silver-tongued; skilful; skillful; sly; terrific
au fait astute; bright; clever; perky; resourceful; sharp; smart; wily
avec ruse astute; bright; clever; crafty; perky; resourceful; sharp; shrewd; sly; smart; wily cunning; shrewd; sly
avisé astute; bright; canny; clever; perky; resourceful; sharp; shrewd; sly; smart; wily clever; dyed-in-the-wool; ingenious; keen; seasoned; skilful; skillful
brillant astute; bright; clever; crafty; ingenious; intelligent; sagacious; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise beaming; beautiful; bright; brilliant; clever; delightful; fanciful; flaunting; glistening; glittering; glorious; glossy; grand; grandiose; great; highly gifted; ingenious; keen; luminous; marvellous; marvelous; phosphorescent; radiating; reflective; shining; shiny; showing; skilful; skillful; sparkling; splendid; swell; wonderful
débrouillard astute; bright; canny; clever; crafty; ingenious; intelligent; perky; resourceful; sagacious; sharp; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise calculating; cunning; dodgy; shrewd; sly
dégourdi astute; bright; canny; clever; perky; resourceful; sharp; shrewd; sly; smart; wily agile; agitated; aroused; calculating; cunning; dodgy; excited; fluttered; heated; shrewd; sly
fin astute; bright; clever; perky; resourceful; sharp; smart; wily acute; biting; clever; cunning; cutting; dainty; delicate; easily hurt; elegant; fine; graceful; handsome; injurious; insulting; keen; lightly built; lovely; nice; nipping; offending; offensive; oversensitive; personable; petite; precarious; pretty; refined; roguish; sensitive; sharp-minded; sharpwitted; shrewd; slender; slick; slight; sly; small-boned; snap; snappy; sophisticated; stylish; subtle; susceptible; tender; thin
futé astute; bright; canny; clever; crafty; ingenious; intelligent; perky; resourceful; sagacious; sharp; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise clever; cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; nimble; quick; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; smart; underhand; vicious; vile
habile astute; bright; clever; crafty; ingenious; intelligent; perky; resourceful; sagacious; sharp; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise able; adroit; agile; brisk; capable; clever; competent; considerate; dexterous; efficient; experienced; expert; fantastic; fast; fit; fledged; good; handy; ingenious; keen; marvellous; marvelous; neat; nimble; physically capable; proficient; qualified; quick; rapid; skilful; skilled; skillful; speedy; swift; terrific; trained
ingénieusement astute; bright; clever; perky; resourceful; sharp; smart; wily clever; ingenious; keen; resourceful; skilful; skillful; smart; wise
ingénieux astute; bright; clever; crafty; ingenious; intelligent; perky; resourceful; sagacious; sharp; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise clever; creative; ingenious; inventive; keen; resourceful; skilful; skillful; smart; wise
intelligemment astute; bright; clever; perky; resourceful; sharp; smart; wily brainy; bright; brilliant; clever; intelligent; knowledgable; right-thinking; sane; sensible; sharp; smart; wise
intelligent astute; bright; canny; clever; crafty; ingenious; intelligent; perky; resourceful; sagacious; sharp; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise able; acute; biting; brainy; bright; brilliant; capable; clever; competent; efficient; good; intelligent; keen; knowledgable; right-thinking; sane; sensible; sharp; sharp-minded; sharpwitted; smart; wise
judicieux astute; bright; clever; crafty; ingenious; intelligent; perky; resourceful; sagacious; sharp; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise appropriate; significant
malin astute; bright; canny; clever; crafty; ingenious; intelligent; perky; resourceful; sagacious; sharp; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise bright; calculating; clever; cunning; demonic; devilish; diabolic; dodgy; false; fantastic; foul; ingenious; intelligent; keen; low; malicious; marvellous; marvelous; mean; nasty; resourceful; right-thinking; roguish; sane; satanic; sensible; sharp; shrewd; slick; slippery; sly; smart; terrific; underhand; vicious; vile; wise
perspicace astute; bright; clever; crafty; ingenious; intelligent; sagacious; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise cutting; keen; nipping; profoundly; sharp; snappy
prompt astute; bright; canny; clever; perky; resourceful; sharp; shrewd; sly; smart; wily abrupt; adroit; agile; all at once; all of a sudden; at once; before long; blunt; brisk; brusque; clever; dexterous; expert; fast; first thing; flashy; fledged; forthwith; handy; hastily; immediate; immediately; in a moment; instantly; neat; nimble; out of the blue; presently; promptly; quick; rapid; right away; shortly; skilful; skillful; soon; speedy; straight away; straightaway; sudden; suddenly; swift; unexpectedly
prompt à la riposte astute; bright; clever; perky; resourceful; sharp; smart; wily
promptement astute; bright; clever; perky; resourceful; sharp; smart; wily abrupt; adroit; agile; all at once; all of a sudden; at once; blunt; brisk; brusque; clever; dexterous; expert; fast; fledged; handy; hastily; immediate; immediately; instantly; neat; nimble; out of the blue; prompt; promptly; quick; rapid; right away; skilful; skillful; soon; speedy; straight away; sudden; suddenly; swift; unexpectedly; without delay
roublard astute; bright; canny; clever; crafty; ingenious; intelligent; sagacious; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise calculating; clever; cunning; dodgy; nimble; quick; sharp; shrewd; sly; smart
rusé astute; bright; canny; clever; crafty; ingenious; intelligent; perky; resourceful; sagacious; sharp; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise bad; behind one's back; calculating; cunning; demonic; devilish; diabolic; dodgy; false; falsely; foul; indecent; jarring; low; malicious; mean; nasty; offensive; ribald; roguish; satanic; scurvy; secretly; sharp; shrewd; slick; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile
sagace astute; bright; clever; perky; resourceful; sharp; smart; wily acute; biting; clever; keen; sharp-minded; sharpwitted
sagacieux astute; bright; clever; crafty; ingenious; intelligent; sagacious; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise
subtil astute; clever; crafty; resourceful; shrewd; sly; smart; wily acutely; delicate; easily hurt; fine; oversensitive; sensitive; smartly; subtle; subtly; susceptible; tender
tranchant astute; bright; clever; perky; resourceful; sharp; smart; wily crenated; cutting; dead sharp; keen; nipping; pointed; razor-sharp; serrated; sharp; sharp-edged; snappy; toothed
vif astute; bright; clever; crafty; perky; resourceful; sharp; shrewd; sly; smart; wily active; adroit; agile; agitated; alert; ardent; aroused; bitter; boisterousness; bright; brisk; buoyant; busily engaged; bustling; busy; cheerful; clever; cutting; dapper; dexterous; dynamic; energetic; engaged; excited; expert; fashionable; fast; fierce

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Wiktionary Translations for wily:

wily
adjective
  1. sly, cunning
wily
adjective
  1. littéraire|fr péjoratif|fr Qui est plein d’artifice, de ruse.
  2. Qui a de l’astuce.
  3. Qui a de la ruse, qui est plein de ruses.
noun
  1. (term, substantivement) Un personnage finaud.
  2. Individu rusé sans le laisser paraître.