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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

   Scrabble Points: 6

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     SLY meaning: 1. deceiving people in a clever way in order to...

   • Sly: Catalan Translation

     sly translate: astut, maliciós. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Sly: Russian Translation

     SLY translate: хитрый, пронырливый . Learn more in the...

   • Sly: Arabic Translation

     SLY translate: خَبيث / ماكِر. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Sly Spanish Translation

     SLY translate: astuto, ladino, malicioso/sa...

   • Znaczenie Sly, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     SLY definicja: 1. deceiving people in a clever way in order...

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   When you're sly, you're crafty, cunning, tricky, and wily. 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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