sly

adjective · adverbA1

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

slierslyersliest

Superlative

slyestsligh

1.
Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
2.
(having a positive connotation) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
Đồng nghĩa: nimble, skillful, cautious, shrewd
3.
Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
a sly trick
4.
Light or delicate; slight; thin.

Trạng từ

adverb

Comparative

sligh

1.
Slyly.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

nimble skillful cautious shrewd artful craftycunningknowing sharp shifty slimsly as a foxwily

Cùng gốc / liên quan

slinessslyish unslysly as a foxby the slysly foxsly-grogon the slyslyboots slynesssly dog

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English sly, sley, sleigh, sleiȝ, from Old Norse slǿgr (sly, cunning), from Proto-Germanic *slōgiz (lively, agile, cunning, sly, striking), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (to hit, throw).