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Definitions for Sly

[1] cunning or wily: sly as a fox.
[2] stealthy, insidious, or secret.
[3] playfully artful, mischievous, or roguish: sly humor.
[4] on the sly , secretly; furtively: a tryst on the sly.
[5] crafty; artful a sly dodge
[6] insidious; furtive a sly manner
[7] playfully mischievous; roguish sly humour
[8] on the sly in a secretive manner

Words related to Sly

ingenious, intriguing, impish, shrewd, roguish, mischievous, canny, subtle, smart, arch, artful, astute, cagey, calculating, captious, covert, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceitful

Words nearby Sly

slut, slut-shame, slutch, sluter, slutty, sly, sly grog, sly-grog, slyboots, slyly, slype

Origin of Sly

1150–1200; Middle English sly, sley , from Old Norse slœgr “sly, cunning” (originally “able to strike, able to slay”); see slay

Other words from Sly

sly·ly , adverb
sly·ness , noun
un·sly , adjective, un·sly·er, un·sly·est.
un·sly·ly , adverb
un·sly·ness , noun

Word origin for Sly

C12: from Old Norse slǣgr clever, literally: able to strike, from slā to slay

Synonyms for Sly

canny, impish, ingenious, intriguing, mischievous, roguish, shrewd, smart, subtle, arch, artful, astute, bluffing, cagey, calculating, captious, conniving, covert, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceitful, deceptive, delusive, designing, dishonest, dishonorable, dissembling, double-dealing, elusive, foxy, furtive, guileful, illusory, insidious, mean, plotting, scheming, secret, sharp, shifty, slick, smooth, sneaking, stealthy, traitorous, treacherous, tricky, underhand, unscrupulous, wily