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sly

sly · slier · sliest

хитрий, лукавий

хитрый, коварный, лукавый, ловкий

schlau, gerissen, verschmitzt, listig

Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wilyArtfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

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/slaɪ/

» Tom is a sly old dog.

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Meaning

4 senses

Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
schlau, gerissen, listig
хи́трыйxítryj, кова́рныйkovárnyj, лука́выйlukávyj
хи́трийxýtryj, лука́вийlukávyj
Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
ло́вкийlóvkij
Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
a sly trick
иску́сныйiskúsnyj
Light or delicate; slight; thin.

More definitions

marked by skill in deception

Examples

34 sentences

Tom is a sly old dog.
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Tom is as sly as a fox.
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I don't like him because he's as sly as a fox.
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Aren't you the sly one?
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Tom is a sly fox.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily:

Русский

By meaning 3

artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily:

dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble:

done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily:

Origin

From Middle English sly, sley, sleigh, sleiȝ, from Old Norse slǿgr (“sly, cunning”, litera

From Middle English sly, sley, sleigh, sleiȝ, from Old Norse slǿgr (“sly, cunning”, literally “capable of hitting or striking”), from Proto-Germanic *slōgiz (“lively, agile, cunning, sly, striking”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, throw”).

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