Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - sly
Sly
sly
adj. (slyer, slyest) 1 cunning; crafty; wily. 2 a (of a person) practising secrecy or stealth. b (of an action etc.) done etc. in secret. 3 hypocritical; ironical. 4 knowing; arch; bantering; insinuating. 5 Austral. & NZ sl. (esp. of liquor) illicit. Phrases and idioms on the sly privately; covertly; without publicity (smuggled some through on the sly). sly dog colloq. a person who is discreet about mistakes or pleasures. Derivatives slyly adv. (also slily). slyness n. Etymology: ME sleh etc. f. ON sloegr cunning, orig. 'able to strike' f. sl{oacute}g- past stem of sl{aacute} strike: cf. SLEIGHT
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adjective (slier or ~er; sliest or ~est) see: slay Date: 13th century 1. chiefly dialect wise in practical affairs, displaying cleverness ; ingenious, 2. clever in concealing one's aims or ends ; furtive , lacking in straightforwardness and candor ; dissembling , lightly mischievous ; roguish , ~ly also slily adverb ~ness noun Synonyms: see: ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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