All 11 Uses
wily
in
The Odyssey
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- Some swung their rolling warships hard about—
Odysseus sailed them back, the flexible, wily king,
veering over to Agamemnon now to shore his fortunes up.†p. 112.6wily = clever - With a dark glance
wily Odysseus shot back, "Indecent talk, my friend.†p. 196.9 * - You terrible man,
foxy, ingenious, never tired of twists and tricks—
so, not even here, on native soil, would you give up
those wily tales that warm the cockles of your heart!†p. 296.1 - A killing look,
and the wily old soldier countered, "Out of your mind?†p. 376.1 - "Old woman," wily Odysseus countered,
"that's what they all say who've seen us both.†p. 402.8 - "True,"
the wily fighter replied, "how right you are, goddess,
but still this worry haunts me, heart and soul—
how can I get these shameless suitors in my clutches?†p. 411.7 - The wily one just shook his head,
silent, his mind churning with thoughts of bloody work ...
Third to arrive was Philoetius, that good cowherd,
prodding in for the crowd a heifer and fat goats.†p. 416.4 - With a dark look, the wily fighter Odysseus shouted back,
"You dogs!†p. 440.7 - "Run, fetch them,"
the wily captain urged, "while I've got arrows left
to defend me—or they'll force me from the doors
while I fight on alone!"†p. 442.9 - And even as they conspired, back the goatherd
climbed to the room to fetch more burnished arms,
but Eumaeus spotted him, quickly told his king
who stood close by: "Odysseus, wily captain,
there he goes again, the infernal nuisance—
just as we suspected—back to the storeroom.†p. 444.7 - "She knows by now,
old man," his wily master answered brusquely.†p. 481.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(wily) clever and good at tricking others to achieve a goal
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)