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How to pronounce sly in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, tricksy, tricky, wily
Derivation slyness


sly as a fox.

Examples of sly

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At the same time, the outlaw with the sly smile became something of a folk hero.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Sly substitutions have been made, notably Fonda for Broadway's Elizabeth Ashley.
From the time.com
He was not surprised when his good friend Sebastian took to drinking on the sly.
From the time.com
In 1945 he married Shirley Held, after some sly matchmaking by Shirley's mother.
From the guardian.co.uk
Sly Williams, on the other hand, is more versatile than either Hankins or Jones.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Nevertheless, Rita has been giving Curtis money on the sly, to help him get by.
From the theepochtimes.com
Steamed into the French lines like a maddened bull, to go for a sly McLarenism.
From the independent.co.uk
It caught the Legislature trying to change the Florida Constitution on the sly.
From the news-journalonline.com
Rodolfo and Mimi's first-act love duet plays out on a bed like a sly seduction.
From the freep.com
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  • (slyness) craft: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
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  • A clever and/or cunning individual or action especially in the practice of deceit. Performed with little suspicion.
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