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sly
[ slahy ]
adjective
- cunning or wily:
sly as a fox.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
Antonyms: ,
- stealthy, insidious, or secret.
Synonyms: , , ,
- playfully artful, mischievous, or roguish:
sly humor.
sly
/ ɪ /
adjective
- crafty; artful
a sly dodge
- insidious; furtive
a sly manner
- playfully mischievous; roguish
sly humour
noun
- on the slyin a secretive manner
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adverb
- ˈԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- l adverb
- n noun
- ܲ· adjective unslyer unslyest
- un·l adverb
- un·n noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sly1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sly1
Idioms and Phrases
- on the sly, secretly;
a tryst on the sly.
More idioms and phrases containing sly
see on the sly .Example Sentences
“He was the right person at the right time for our club,” manager Dave Roberts said before the game, cracking a sly grin.
Like anchovies or miso, sun-dried tomatoes work best when they aren’t the star, but the sly supporting player.
Hefti has titled the work “Five things you can’t wear on TV,” a sly reference to cautions against wearing pinstripes on camera, lest moiré patterns interfere with a television monitor’s crisp electronic imagery.
That sounded like a sly attempt by the plaintiffs to put more pressure on the red states to make their own case for the wholesale destructiveness of the NIH order, in public.
He met my happy laugh with a sly one and said just enough for me to imagine the scene: Atlanta apartment, twin bed, 1971.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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