Both Uses of
wily
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- So wily was he that he had not trusted himself upon foot, but he had availed himself of a cab so that he could loiter behind or dash past them and so escape their notice.†
Chpt 4 *
- Even now we have no clear case against this very wily man.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
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(wily) clever and good at tricking others to achieve a goal