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slyest Definition


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sly
adj slyer, slyest
    1. Said of people: clever; cunning or wily.
      Thesaurus: cunning, shrewd, wily, crafty, tricky, scheming, canny.
    2. Surreptitious; secretively deceitful or dishonest.
      Thesaurus: secretive, furtive, evasive, stealthy, deceitful, cagey, double-crossing; Antonym: candid, honest.
    3. Playfully mischievous.
      Example: a sly smile
Derivative: slyly
adverb
    Derivative: slyness
    noun
      Idiom: on the sly
        colloq
        Secretly or furtively; surreptitiously.
      Etymology: 12c: from Norse slægr.



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