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What (who) is Sly - definition
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Sly (disambiguation); Sly (song); SLY
sly
a.
1.
Cunning, artful, crafty, wily, subtle, insidious.
2.
Wily, cautious, shrewd, nimble, skilful, knowing, fine, subtle, astute.
3.
Arch, knowing.
4.
Secret, underhand, clandestine, stealthy.
sly
1.
A sly look, expression, or remark shows that you know something that other people do not know or that was meant to be a secret.
His lips were spread in a sly smile...
ADJ: usu ADJ n
• slyly
Anna grinned slyly.
ADV
2.
If you describe someone as sly, you disapprove of them because they keep their feelings or intentions hidden and are clever at deceiving people.
She is devious and sly and manipulative...
= cunning
ADJ [disapproval]
Sly
·adv Slyly.
II. Sly ·vt Light or delicate; slight; thin.
III. Sly ·vt Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
IV. Sly ·vt Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick.
V. Sly ·vt Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing;
- in a good sense.
Examples of use of Sly
1. So I think a bit of me wants to be sort of sly and devious," he says, with a rather sly and devious expression.
2. Email the Opinion Page EditorÍó ň$'; '; ';óńü!: You sly dog!
3. PRINCE" nameplate and, with a sly look, pocketed the souvenir.
4. Leisure suits, bad mustaches, Sly & the Family Stone –– no cliche is left unturned.
5. A popular target for Katrina–themed revelers‘ sly jabs was Gov.