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sly

adjective

1 sly

Marked by skill in deception:
— Sly as a fox.

synonyms: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, tricksy, tricky, wily.

Roget 528: concealed etc. v.; hidden; secret, recondite, mystic, cabalistic, occult, dark; cryptic, cryptical; private, ... show more

Roget 702: cunning, crafty, artful; skillful etc. 698; subtle, feline, vulpine; cunning as a fox, cunning as a serpent; deep, deep laid; profound; ... show more

Polish: podstępny


Moby thesaurus: Byzantine, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, adroit, arch, artful, astute, back-door, backstairs, cagey, calculating, canny, clandestine, clever, covert, crafty, creep, crooked, cunning ... show more.

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