slyness

sly  (sl)

adj. sli·er (slr) also sly·er, sli·est (slst) also sly·est

1. Clever or cunning, especially in the practice of deceit.

2. Stealthy or surreptitious: took a sly look at the letter on the table.

3. Playfully mischievous: a sly laugh.

Idiom:

on the sly

In a way intended to escape notice: took extra payments on the sly.

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[Middle English sleigh, from Old Norse slgr.]

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slyly adv.

slyness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

slyness - shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, wiliness, craft astuteness, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness - intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

Translations

slyness [ˈslaɪnɪs] N

1. (= wiliness) → astucia f, lo taimado

2. (= mischievousness) → picardía f (pej) → malicia f

slyness

n

(= cunning) → Schlauheit f, → Gerissenheit f; (of person, look also) → Verschlagenheit f

(= mischievousness: of look) → Verschmitzheit f

slyness [ˈslaɪnɪs] n (wiliness) → astuzia, scaltrezza; (mischievousness, of trick, smile) → malizia