Sly
Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; -- in a good sense.
Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick.
Light or delicate; slight; thin.
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Sly Quotations
He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.
Evelyn Waugh
There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile.
Honore De Balzac
These happy endings all express the weak and sly promise that the world is not rotten and out of joint but meaningful and ultimately in excellent condition.
Douglas Sirk
I've always loved War's Low Rider and Sly Stone's Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them.
Barry White
Sly Translations
sly in Afrikaans is slim
sly in Dutch is slim, listig, gewiekst, doortrapt
sly in Finnish is viekas
sly in German is schlau, schlau, durchtrieben
sly in Hungarian is alattomos, sunyi
sly in Italian is furbo
sly in Latin is dolosus
sly in Spanish is cauto, apicarado, furtivo
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