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1. (adj.) sly
cunning or wily.
2. sly
stealthy; surreptitious.
3. sly
mischievous or roguish:
sly humor.
4. (n.) sly
on the sly, secretly; furtively.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME sly, sley < ON slœgr sly, cunning)
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1. (adj) crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
marked by skill in deception
"cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
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1. (adjective) sly
clever in a deceitful way; = cunning
a sly trick
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adverb) sly
slyly
2. (verb) sly
dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; -- in a good sense
3. (verb) sly
artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily
4. (verb) sly
done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick
5. (verb) sly
light or delicate; slight; thin
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Sense: cunning or deceitful
He sometimes behaves in rather a sly manner.
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 Afrikaans: slinks |
 Arabic: ماكِر |
 Bulgarian: хитър |
 Brazilian: velhaco |
 Czech: záludný |
 German: schlau |
 Danish: snu |
 Greek: πονηρός, πανούργος |
 Spanish: astuto, tramposo, malicio |
 Estonian: kaval, petislik |
 Farsi: موذي |
 Finnish: ovela |
 French: sournois |
 Hebrew: עַרמוּמִי |
 Hindi: धूर्त, चालाक |
 Croatian: lukav, prefrigan |
 Hungarian: sunyi |
 Indonesian: licik |
 Icelandic: kænn, slóttugur |
 Italian: astuto |
 Japanese: ずるい |
 Korean: 교활한 |
 Lithuanian: gudrus, suktas |
 Latvian: viltīgs; nodevīgs |
 Malay: licik |
 Dutch: sluw |
 Norwegian: slu, beregnende |
 Polish: chytry |
 Persian: موذي |
 Pashto: چالاك، چلباز، ټګ |
 Portuguese: velhaco |
 Romanian: viclean |
 Russian: хитрый |
 Slovak: prefíkaný, ľstivý |
 Slovenian: zvit |
 Serbian: lukav |
 Swedish: knipslug, illmarig |
 Thai: ซึ่งมีเล่ห์เหลี่ยม |
 Turkish: hilebaz, tilki gibi |
 Taiwanese: 狡猾的 |
 Ukrainian: лукавий, хитрий |
 Urdu: مکّار، چالاک |
 Vietnamese: ranh mãnh, quỷ quyệt |
 Chinese: 狡猾的 |
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