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Meaning of wily beguily | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Someone who is caught by their own trickery; a person that becomes trapped by their own craftiness.
    obsolete
  2. A cunning trick, something wily, trickery.
    obsolete

Examples

“I often hazard upon certaine outslips of my minde for which I distrust my selfe; and certaine verball wilie-beguilies [translating finesses], whereat I shake⟳ mine eares; but I let⟳ them runne at hab or nab […].”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

wim Wiman WiMAX Wimberley Wimberly wimberry

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