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SLY a. 5 definitions
to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; -- in a good sense. Be ye sly as serpents, and simple as doves. Wyclif (Matt. x. 16). Whom graver age And long experience hath made wise and sly. Fairfax.
SLYBOOTS n.
A humerous appellation for a sly, cunning, or waggish person. Slyboots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Goldsmith.
SLYLY adv.
In a sly manner; shrewdly; craftily. Honestly and slyly he it spent. Chaucer.
SLYNESS n.
The quality or state of being sly.
SLYPE n.
A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery. [Eng.]
ACRIMONIOUSLY adv.
In an acrimonious manner.
ADULTEROUSLY adv.
In an adulterous manner.
ADVANTAGEOUSLY adv.
Profitably; with advantage.
ADVENTUROUSLY adv.
In an adventurous manner; venturesomely; boldly; daringly.
ALACRIOUSLY adv.
With alacrity; briskly.
AMBIDEXTROUSLY adv.
In an ambidextrous manner; cunningly.
AMBIGUOUSLY adv.
In an ambiguous manner; with doubtful meaning.
AMBITIOUSLY adv.
In an ambitious manner.
AMOROUSLY adv.
In an amorous manner; fondly.
AMPHIBIOUSLY adv.
Like an amphibious being.
ANOMALOUSLY adv.
In an anomalous manner.
ANONYMOUSLY adv.
In an anonymous manner; without a name. Swift.
ANXIOUSLY adv.
In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
ARDUOUSLY adv.
In an arduous manner; with difficulty or laboriousness.
ARTLESSLY adv.
In an artless manner; without art, skill, or guile; unaffectedly. Pope.
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