How to pronounce “sly”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
• (having a positive connotation) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
• Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
• Light or delicate; slight; thin.
• [Adverb]
• Slyly.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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