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Wiliness

The quality or state of being wily; craftiness; cunning; guile.

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Perspicacity 76% connected

The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wily 74% connected

Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Wily 74% connected

Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Craft 92% connected

Strength; might; secret power.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Craftiness 92% connected

Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cunning 92% connected

Knowing; skillful; dexterous.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Foxiness 92% connected

The state or quality of being foxy, or foxlike; craftiness; shrewdness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Guile 92% connected

Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slyness 92% connected

The quality or state of being sly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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