sly

AdjektivAdverbhäufig in Dialogen

//slaɪ//

Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

Adjektiv

1
Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
2
Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
3
Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
a sly trick
4
Light or delicate; slight; thin.

Herkunft

From Middle English sly, sley, sleigh, sleiȝ, from Old Norse slǿgr (“sly, cunning”, literally “capable of hitting or striking”), from Proto-Germanic *slōgiz (“lively, agile, cunning, sly, striking”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, throw”). Cognate with Icelandic slægur (“crafty, sly”), Norwegian Nynorsk sløg (“sly”). Related to sleight, slay. In all likelihood, however, unrelated with Saterland Frisian slau (“sly, crafty”), Dutch sluw (“sly, cunning”), Low German slu (“sly, cunning”), German schlau (“clever, crafty”). Doublet of sleight and slöjd

Adverb

1
Slyly.

Formen

Komparativ: slier, slyer
Superlativ: sliest, slyest

slurping · A sound or motion that slurps.slut · A sexually promiscuous woman.slutty · Of, resembling, or suitable for, a slut.

sly · Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

Sly · A diminutive of the male given name Sylvester.smack · A distinct flavor, especially if slight.Smack · A surname from German.

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