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   sly

   /slʌɪ/

   adjective

   • 1. having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature: "a sly, manipulative woman" Similar cunningcraftycleverwilyartfulguilefultrickyconnivingschemingdeviousdesigningdeceitfulduplicitousdishonestdisingenuousunderhandsneakyuntrustworthymanipulativecalculatingMachiavellianinformal:foxyshiftyflyshonkyslimarchaic:subtlerare:carnyOpposite honestartless
   • ▪ showing in an insinuating way that one has some secret knowledge that may be harmful or embarrassing: "he gave a sly grin" Similar roguishmischievousimpishpuckishplayfulteasingnaughtywickedwaggisharchknowinginformal:pawky
   • ▪ (of an action) surreptitious: "a sly sip of water" Similar surreptitiousfurtivestealthycovertsecret

   Word Origin Middle English (also in the sense ‘dexterous’): from Old Norse slœgr ‘cunning’, originally ‘able to strike’ from the verb slá; compare with sleight.

   Derivatives

   • 1. slyness noun

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   What does Sly mean?

   • SLY definition: 1. deceiving people in a clever way in order to get what you want: 2. seeming to know secrets: 3…. Learn more.

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   What does a sly look mean?

   • A sly look, expression, or remark shows that you know something that other people do not know. He gave me a sly, meaningful look. 4 meanings: 1. crafty; artful 2. insidious; furtive 3. playfully mischievous; roguish 4. → See on the sly.... Click for more definitions.

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   How do you describe a sly person?

   • If you describe someone as sly, you disapprove of them because they keep their feelings or intentions hidden and are clever at deceiving people. She is devious and sly and manipulative. He's a sly old beggar if ever there was one. 3. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   Is sly a noun or adjective?

   • Furtively, secretly, as in She's always eating cookies on the sly. The adjective sly, which means "cunning" or "crafty," is here used as a noun. [c. 1800] The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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   Being sly is being deceitful, though not in the worst way. If you're good at lying, you're quite sly: people who are sly are good at pulling one over on other people. Being sly helps you get away with things.

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   cunning or wily: sly as a fox. Synonyms: astute, shrewd, crafty, foxy, subtle, artful. Antonyms: obvious, direct. stealthy, insidious, or secret. Synonyms: clandestine, underhand, furtive, surreptitious. playfully artful, mischievous, or roguish: sly humor. sly.

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