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slily

[slahy-lee]

adverb

slyly.

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slily (ˈslaɪlɪ)

—*adv*
	See sly a variant spelling of slyly

sly (slaɪ)

—*adj* , slyer, slyest, slier, sliest
1.	crafty; artful: a sly dodge
2.	insidious; furtive: a sly manner
3.	playfully mischievous; roguish: sly humour

—n
4.	on the sly in a secretive manner

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

'slyly

—*adv*

'slily

—*adv*

'slyness

—n

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