Fallacious
Fallacious adjective - Tending or having power to deceive.
Usage example: consumers who harbor the fallacious belief that credit-card spending will never catch up with them
Wily and fallacious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wily" instead an adjective "Fallacious".
Wily
Wily adjective - Clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means.
Fallacious and wily are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fallacious" instead an adjective "Wily".
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