Meaning
1 sensesSlyly.
Examples
34 sentencesTom is a sly old dog.
Tom is as sly as a fox.
I don't like him because he's as sly as a fox.
Aren't you the sly one?
Tom is a sly fox.
Origin
From Middle English sly, sley, sleigh, sleiȝ, from Old Norse slǿgr (“sly, cunning”, literaFrom 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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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb