adv
Meaning 1
In a sly manner, cunningly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
slyly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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slīʹ-li
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/ˈslaɪli/
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rhymes with -aɪli
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CMU ARPABET: S L AY1 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in an artful manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he craftily arranged to be there when the decision was announced
- had ever circumstances conspired so cunningly?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: craftily, cunningly, foxily, knavishly, trickily, artfully
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English sleighly; equivalent to sly + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: խորամանկորեն (xoramankoren) — in a sly manner
- Esperanto: ruze — in a sly manner
- Estonian: salakavalalt — in a sly manner
- Finnish: ovelasti — in a sly manner
- French: sournoisement — in a sly manner
- German: verschmitzt — in a sly manner
- German: schlau — in a sly manner
- Italian: astutamente — in a sly manner
- Italian: furtivamente — in a sly manner
- Latin: vafrē — in a sly manner
- Middle English: sleighly — in a sly manner
- Middle English: sleightely — in a sly manner
- Polish: chytrze — in a sly manner
- Portuguese: maliciosamente — in a sly manner
- Romanian: cu viclenie — in a sly manner
- Spanish: astutamente — in a sly manner
- Spanish: arteramente — in a sly manner
- Swedish: skälmskt — in a sly manner
- Turkish: kurnazca — in a sly manner