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“Ah do, Mary Poppins! You look so nice in your new gloves,” said Michael wilily.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers

In se'enteen hunder an' forty-nine, Satan took stuff to mak' a swine,   And cuist it in a corner; But wilily he chang'd his plan, And shaped it something like a man.

From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James

For men that are thus wilily abused cannot help themselves, they are taken in a deceitfull net.

From Life and Death of Mr. Badman by Bunyan, John

I inquired, wilily, hoping the answer would give me some clew to his acquaintance with her.

From The First Violin A Novel by Fothergill, Jessie

For men that are thus wilily abused, cannot help themselves; they are taken in a deceitful net.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John