woman-wily

Updated: July 22, 2025

Ramon did not seriously consider that any woman whom he favored could sanely love another man more than himself, but to his nature jealousy was a necessary adjunct of lovemaking; not to have displayed jealousy would have been to betray indifference, as he interpreted the tender passion. Annie-Many-Ponies, woman-wily though she was by nature, had little learning in the devious ways of lovemaking.

B. M. Bower - The Heritage of the Sioux