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Synonyms for sly
slaɪsly
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
sly
Synonyms:
adroit, artful, crafty, cunning, deceitful, designing, diplomatic, foxy, insincere, intriguing, knowing, maneuvering, sharp, shrewd, subtle, tricky, wilyAntonyms:
aboveboard, artless, candid, fair, frank, guileless, honest, impartial, ingenuous, innocent, naive, open, simple, sincere, straightforward, transparent, truthful, unbiased, unprejudiced, unreserved, unsophisticated
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Princeton's WordNet
crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wilyadjective
marked by skill in deception
"cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
Synonyms:
tricksy, slippery, cunning, silky, clever, dicey, slick, cute, satiny, chancy, sleek, catchy, ingenious, chanceful, pat, crafty, silklike, wily, guileful, knavish, dodgy, silken, glib, tricky, foxyAntonyms:
artless
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#3091 | sharp | |
#3996 | cute | |
#4535 | pat | |
#4704 | knowing | |
#6425 | designing | |
#9840 | subtle | |
#10247 | clever | |
#12178 | diplomatic | |
#14579 | sleek | |
#15835 | slick | |
#15928 | tricky | |
#16174 | intriguing | |
#18828 | slippery | |
#18996 | silky | |
#20139 | elusive | |
#21715 | devious | |
#23246 | sly | |
#24397 | catchy | |
#25806 | crafty | |
#26623 | cunning | |
#27214 | glib | |
#27566 | foxy | |
#28297 | ingenious | |
#29532 | sneaky | |
#34018 | astute | |
#35834 | artful | |
#36528 | dodgy | |
#42741 | maneuvering | |
#44318 | shrewd | |
#47302 | silken | |
#48777 | wily | |
#55524 | deceitful | |
#66028 | stealthy | |
#70664 | adroit | |
#75645 | dicey | |
#76482 | insincere | |
#103669 | underhanded | |
#108569 | satiny | |
#112648 | underhand | |
#118197 | duplicitous | |
#157118 | chancy |
How to use sly in a sentence?
Justice in the hands of the powerful is merely a governing system like any other. Why call it justice? Let us rather call it injustice, but of a sly effective order, based entirely on cruel knowledge of the resistance of the weak, their capacity for pain, humiliation and misery.
A few of us have been able to see and speak with Connor on FaceTime and I am relieved to hear his voice, witness him move around and see that his sense of humor and strength are still intact, his sly smile says more than any scan, yet those are looking good, too. We are all overjoyed with the news that he is booked on a flight home.
Always love working with my friend @officialslystallone our work today on #TheSuicideSquad was no exception, despite Sly being an iconic movie star, most people still don't have any idea what an amazing actor this guy is.
They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc.
He expanded the pedal part of the steel. The mechanical evolution of the instrument that led to a new style of playing that was much more expressive and unpredictable, he had this sly, wicked grin that was so great, and if you played something he liked he would look at you and give you that little grin that was the nicest seal of approval ever.
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- خبيث, ماكرArabic
- prohnanýCzech
- gerissen, verschmitzt, schlau, listigGerman
- ruzaEsperanto
- astutoSpanish
- azeriBasque
- ovelaFinnish
- malin, rusé, matois, espiègle, sournoisFrench
- bradach, glicIrish
- ravaszHungarian
- խորամանկArmenian
- sornione, subdolo, furboItalian
- 狡い, 狡猾Japanese
- ಕುತಂತ್ರKannada
- sluwDutch
- sleip, slu, listigNorwegian
- espertoPortuguese
- лукавый, искусный, ловкий, коварный, хитрыйRussian
- prepreden, lukavSerbo-Croatian
- ľstivý, chytrý, prešibanýSlovak
- slugSwedish
- เขี้ยวลากดินThai
- kurnazTurkish
- 狡猾Chinese
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