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Sly

/slaɪ/

Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

📖 Definitions of "Sly"

adjective
  1. 1

    Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

  2. 2

    (having a positive sense) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice

  3. 3

    Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle

    "a sly trick"

  4. 4

    Light or delicate; slight; thin.

adverb
  1. 1

    Slyly.

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