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11sly|ly — «SLY lee», adverb. in a sly manner; secretly. Also, slily …
12Sly — Sly, adv. Slyly. [Obs. or Poetic] Spenser. [1913 Webster] …
13Sly — m, f English (mainly U.S.): modern name. The reasons for its adoption as a given name are not clear. In the case of the American actor Sylvester Stallone, it is used as a contracted pet form of his given name. The fact that it coincides in form… …
14sly — I adjective arch, artful, astute, astutus, calculating, clandestine, conniving, covert, covinous, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceitful, deceiving, deceptious, deceptive, delusive, designing, devious, dishonest, dishonorable, disingeuous, double… …
15sly — The adjective has comparative and superlative forms slyer and slyest, and derivative forms slyly, slyness …
16sly — [adj] clever, devious arch, artful, astute, bluffing, cagey, calculating, canny, captious, conniving, covert, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceitful, deceptive, delusive, designing, dishonest, dishonorable, dissembling, doubledealing, elusive, foxy …
17Sly — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sly est un mot anglais signifiant rusé mais il peut référer à: Nom SLY, groupe de heavy metal japonais Sly Cooper, raton laveur héros d une série de jeux… …
18sly — [[t]sla͟ɪ[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n 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... He gave me a sly, meaningful look.… …
19sly — [[t]slaɪ[/t]] adj. sly•er sli•er, sly•est sli•est, 1) cunning or wily 2) stealthy; surreptitious 3) mischievous or roguish: sly humor[/ex] 4) idp on the sly, secretly; furtively Idiom. Etymology: 1175–1225; ME sly, sley < ON slŒgr sly, cunning …
20sly — adjective (slier or slyer; sliest or slyest) Etymology: Middle English sleighe, sli, from Old Norse slœgr; akin to Old English slēan to strike more at slay Date: 13th century 1. chiefly dialect a. wise in practical affairs b. displaying …
