Sly: alternatives and connections

Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.

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Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.

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The quality or state of being sly.

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The quality or state of being sly.

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Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.

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Knowing; skillful; dexterous.

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Like or pertaining to the fox; foxlike in disposition or looks; wily.

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Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery; guilty.

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Like or characteristic of a knave; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick.

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See Schlich.

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Exhibiting artfulness; trickish.

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Given to tricks; practicing deception; trickish; knavish.

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Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle.

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