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单词 sly
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sly

adjective
/slaɪ/
/slaɪ/
Idioms
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  1. (disapproving) acting or done in a secret or dishonest way, often intending to trick people synonym cunning
    • a sly political move
    • (humorous) You sly old devil! How long have you known?
    • She’s a sly one—never lets on what she’s thinking.
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
  2. [usually before noun] suggesting that you know something secret that other people do not know synonym knowing
    • a sly smile/grin
  3. Word OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘dexterous’): from Old Norse slœgr ‘cunning’, originally ‘able to strike’ from the verb slá.
Idioms
on the sly
  1. secretly; not wanting other people to discover what you are doing
    • He has to visit them on the sly.
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