False and Wily

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False adjective - Tending or having power to deceive.

Usage example: it turned out that the con man had made false promises of marriage to a dozen women

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Wily and false are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wily" instead an adjective "False".

Wily adjective - Clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means.

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False and wily are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "False" instead an adjective "Wily".

Eggman takes advantage of this when he meets Wily again and tells a false version of crossover to get him to be his partner once more.

Source: Comic Book / Sonic The Hedgehog Mega Man Worlds Unite
While simple and generic, the first three games had a not-horrible progression of intensity: Wily betrays Light, Wily's Revenge, Wily's False Reform.

Source: Same Story, Different Names

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