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sly

[ slahy ]

adjective

comparative: slyer or slier superlative: slyest or sliest
  1. cunning or wily:

    sly as a fox.

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    Antonyms: ,

  2. stealthy, insidious, or secret.

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  3. playfully artful, mischievous, or roguish:

    sly humor.



sly

/ 蝉濒补瑟 /

adjective

  1. crafty; artful

    a sly dodge

  2. insidious; furtive

    a sly manner

  3. playfully mischievous; roguish

    sly humour

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. on the sly
    in a secretive manner
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉濒测濒测, adverb
  • 藞蝉濒测苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉濒测顎僱测 adverb
  • 蝉濒测顎僴别蝉蝉 noun
  • 耻苍路蝉濒测顎 adjective unslyer unslyest
  • un路蝉濒测顎僱测 adverb
  • un路蝉濒测顎僴别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sly1

First recorded in 1150鈥1200; Middle English sly, sley , from Old Norse 蝉濒舱驳谤 鈥渟ly, cunning鈥 (originally 鈥渁ble to strike, able to slay鈥); slay ( def )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sly1

C12: from Old Norse 蝉濒牵驳谤 clever, literally: able to strike, from 蝉濒腻 to slay
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. on the sly, secretly;

    a tryst on the sly.

More idioms and phrases containing sly

see on the sly .
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鈥淗e was the right person at the right time for our club,鈥 manager Dave Roberts said before the game, cracking a sly grin.

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Like anchovies or miso, sun-dried tomatoes work best when they aren鈥檛 the star, but the sly supporting player.

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Hefti has titled the work 鈥淔ive things you can鈥檛 wear on TV,鈥 a sly reference to cautions against wearing pinstripes on camera, lest moir茅鈥痯atterns interfere with a television monitor鈥檚 crisp electronic imagery.

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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.

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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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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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