sly
Valid in Scrabble
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- 6
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- 3
Definition of sly
7 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
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adj
- Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
- Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
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Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
“a sly trick”
- Light or delicate; slight; thin.
adv
- Slyly.
name
- A diminutive of the male given name Sylvester.
- A surname
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Etymology
From Middle English sly, sley, sleigh, sleiȝ, from Old Norse slǿgr (“sly, cunning”, literally “capable of hitting or striking”), from Proto-Germanic *slōgiz (“lively, agile, cunning, sly, striking”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak-…
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From Middle English sly, sley, sleigh, sleiȝ, from Old Norse slǿgr (“sly, cunning”, literally “capable of hitting or striking”), from Proto-Germanic *slōgiz (“lively, agile, cunning, sly, striking”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, throw”). Cognate with Icelandic slægur (“crafty, sly”), Norwegian Nynorsk sløg (“sly”). Related to sleight, slay. In all likelihood, however, unrelated with Saterland Frisian slau (“sly, crafty”), Dutch sluw (“sly, cunning”), Low German slu (“sly, cunning”), German schlau (“clever, crafty”). Doublet of sleight and slöjd
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