slyadjective
uk/slaɪ/us/slaɪ/slyer, slyestdeceiving people in a clever way in order to get what you want:
He's a sly old devil - I wouldn't trust him with my money.
[ before noun ] seeming to know secrets:
"You'll find out eventually," said Mary, with a sly smile.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Secrecy and privacy
- anonymity
- anonymize
- anonymous
- backroom
- backstage
- counsel
- dissimulate
- dissimulation
- entre nous
- executive privilege
- furtive
- lid
- lip
- private
- privately
- privileged
- sanctum
- secrecy
- skeleton
- sweep
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slyly
adverb uk/ˈslaɪ.li/us/ˈslaɪ.li/
She grinned slyly and refused to tell me where the money came from.
slyness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈslaɪ.nəs/us/ˈslaɪ.nəs/
slynoun
uk/slaɪ/us/slaɪ/on the sly
If you do something on the sly, you do it secretly because you should not be doing it:
He drives his mother's car on the sly while she's at work.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Secrecy and privacy
- anonymity
- anonymize
- anonymous
- backroom
- backstage
- counsel
- dissimulate
- dissimulation
- entre nous
- executive privilege
- furtive
- lid
- lip
- private
- privately
- privileged
- sanctum
- secrecy
- skeleton
- sweep
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