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† wilely, a. Obs.
[f. wile n. + -ly1.]
= wily. (Also in comb.)
1556J. Heywood Spider & F. xxiv. 10 The faughter herin, so wilely witted, To saue his lyfe, apealth to be repride. 1572in D. Digges Complete Ambass. (1655) 219 Your Mr. Worseley, whom I found wilely and wilful. 1675H. More in R. Ward Life (1710) 276 'Twill find a Million of Tergiversations and wilely Reasonings to excuse a Man from his Duty. 1709Sacheverell Serm. 5 Nov. 21 The Crafty Insidiousness of such wilely Volpones. 1793W. Roberts Looker-on No. 79 (1794) III. 248 Son of Henry Waldron,..under the wilely alias of George Barrington. |