Both Uses
wily
in
The Crucible
(Edited)
- The Devil, as Reverend Hale said, is a wily one, and, until an hour before he fell, even God thought him beautiful in Heaven.
p. 35.2 *wily = tricky
- But the Devil is a wily one, you cannot deny it.
p. 64.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(wily) clever and good at tricking others to achieve a goal
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)