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wiliness

wiliness noun: deceitful cleverness or shrewdness.

Noun

wiliness (countable and uncountable, plural wilinesses)

  1. deceitful cleverness or shrewdness

wiliness meaning in Kannada

wiliness in Kannada

ಚತುರತೆ

Forms of wiliness

pluralwilinesses

Origin of wiliness

From wily + -ness.

Questions about wiliness

What does wiliness mean?
Wiliness means deceitful cleverness or shrewdness.
What is wiliness in Kannada?
Wiliness in Kannada is ಚತುರತೆ. See Wiliness meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is wiliness?
Wiliness is a noun.
What is the plural of wiliness?
The plural of wiliness is wilinesses.

Words near wiliness in the dictionary

  1. Wilhoits
  2. wilier
  3. wiliest
  4. Wiliideh
  5. wilily
  6. wiliness
  7. wilinesses
  8. wiling
  9. wiling out
  10. wiliwili
  11. wiliwilis

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