sly

Letters that make sly

s, l, y are letters that make 'sly'

Words within sly

SL are words within 'sly'


1 possible definitions for 'sly'

Sly as "marked by skill in deception"

Under this definition, sly is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, tricksy, tricky, wily have the same meaning as 'sly'

Derivatives of sly

slipperiness, trick, shenanigan, slyboots, craftiness, slyness, contrivance, rascality, shiftiness, trickiness, guile, glibness, slickness, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, fox, dodger, cunning, dodge, fast one, stratagem, craft, trickery, chicanery, chicane, wile, foxiness, wiliness, hocus-pocus, hanky panky, skullduggery are derivatives of 'sly'.

Similar to sly

artful is similar to sly.

Example of sly used within this context

"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"



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