sly
IPA: sɫˈaɪ
noun
- A diminutive of the male given name Sylvester.
adjective
- Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
- (having a positive connotation) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
- Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
- Light or delicate; slight; thin.
adverb
- Slyly.
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Examples of "sly" in Sentences
- He is sly and wily.
- He is sly and sneaky.
- The argumentation is sly and shameful.
- Sly and crafty Khetia leads the rebellion.
- He voice acted the sly and traitorous man.
- The sly dog sneaked his watch out of the bowl.
- She held her expression sly and walked Runtly away.
- Cavigini is sly, careful, and flatteringly assiduous.
- A sly thought is the degree of confusion over the meaning of his form.
- The protagonist of the story is the Kancil, a smart and sly mouse deer.
- Among them are clever, dexterous, experienced, skillful, cunning and sly.
- Wes Anderson animated a classic Roald Dahl story and cast the vocal talents of George Clooney as the title sly fox.
- A minute later it was Mosselet’s turn to come in, a cigarette between his lips, his expression sly and condescending.
- One day he called sly Mercury, who had wings on his shoes, and bade him go and lead the cow away from the grove where she was kept.
- He rebuilds a lab, on the sly, that is humongous, an undertaking requiring great wealth and a greater amount of equipment and manpower.
- “The fear of camera-fitted mobile phones which can take pictures of a woman on the sly, is keeping a number of Qatari women away from beauty salons,” the Peninsula On-line reports.”
- Im disappointed in vh1s top songs. they are just getting more out of key with veiwers by adding fillers like creed and korn. i would rather call sly and family stone more popular "hard rock" evanesance.
- In fact, all along she has been impressing on me in sly terms, that my absence was felt to be good company at Cheyne Row; and that if I ever came back it would be at the risk of spoiling everybody's good humour!!
- I also would like to write in my vote for Bruce Campbell to be in this movie. joe story sounds decent. but i don't know how good the script will be if sly is writing it. the cast sounds good, but i don't know how well jet li will fit into a more traditional action movie rather than a kung fu movie.