Sly
Meaning of Sly
- having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature.
a sly, manipulative woman
Middle English (also in the sense ‘dexterous’): from Old Norse slœgr ‘cunning’, originally ‘able to strike’ from the verb slá ; compare with sleight.
Information about Sly
- It's a proper name.
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of Sly
Sly
- It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
- Sly is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Sly synonyms
Meaning crafty:
crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, tricksy, tricky, wily
Meaning quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent:
Meaning clever or skilful, especially in a crafty or cunning way:
Meaning given to or involved in conspiring to do something immoral, illegal, or harmful:
Meaning given to or involved in making secret and underhand plans:
Meaning showing a skilful use of underhand tactics to achieve goals:
Meaning acting in a calculating, deceitful way:
Meaning guilty of or involving deceit; deceiving or misleading others:
Meaning deceitful:
Meaning behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way:
Meaning not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does:
Meaning acting or done in a secret or dishonest way:
Meaning furtive; sly:
Meaning not able to be relied on as honest or truthful:
Meaning exercising unscrupulous control or influence over a person or situation:
Meaning acting in a scheming and ruthlessly determined way:
Meaning cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous, especially in politics:
Meaning (of a person or their manner) appearing deceitful or evasive:
Meaning (of a bird, bat, or insect) move through the air using wings:
Meaning dishonest, unreliable, or illegal, especially in a devious way:
Meaning (of a person or their build) gracefully thin; slender:
Meaning (especially of a change or distinction) so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyse or describe:
Meaning a carnival or funfair:
Sly antonyms
Meaning free of deceit; truthful and sincere:
Meaning without guile or deception:
Anagrams of Sly
Words that rhyme with Sly
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