wilily, adv.
(ˈwaɪlɪlɪ)
Forms: see wily; also 5 wilele, 6 wylely, -ie, wilely.
[f. wily a. + -ly2.]
In a wily manner; craftily, cunningly, by stratagem.
| a 1400 Pistill of Susan 213 Wylyliche heo wyled hir wenches away. c 1400 Anturs of Arth. 575 (Douce MS.) Wilele þes wighte mene þaire wepenes þey welde. a 1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula etc. 15 If perauenture þe pacient haue wilyly broȝt in with hym any leche for to aspye. 1531 Tindale Expos. 1 John (1538) 44 Antichrist disgysed hymselfe..& preached Christ wylyly, bryngyng in now thys tradicion, and now that. 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 268 Wittilie and wylelie tuecheng the king. 1611 Bible Josh. ix. 4 They did worke wilily, and went and made as if they had beene embassadours. 1682 Bunyan Holy War 243 'Tis you Mr. Carnal Security that have wilily stripped Mansoul, and driven her glory from her. 1724 Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) I. 85 And wylily they shot the lock. 1847 Gosse Birds Jamaica 412 A flock of swimming Pelicans, wilily endeavouring to approach some unwary one. 1885 W. Ross Aberdour & Inchcolme i. 23 He wilily succeeded to his title and estates. |