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   slyly

   /ˈslʌɪli/

   adverb

   • 1. in a cunning and deceitful or manipulative manner: "they slyly manipulate situations to their own favour"
   • ▪ in a way that suggests some secret knowledge that may be harmful or embarrassing; knowingly: "he smiled slyly, unable to mask a look of triumph"

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   What does slyly mean?

   • SLYLY definition: 1. in a way that suggests that you know secrets: 2. in a clever way, especially when it deceives…. Learn more.

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   • Definition of slyly adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (disapproving) in a secret or dishonest way, often intending to trick people synonym cunningly Ministers slyly entered into a deal exchanging the prisoner for oil. in a way that suggests that you know something secret that other people do not know synonym knowingly (2)

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   • Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Idioms. 1. Clever or cunning, especially in the practice of deceit. 2. Stealthy or surreptitious: took a sly look at the letter on the table. 3. Playfully mischievous: a sly laugh. In a way intended to escape notice: took extra payments on the sly.

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   What is the story line slyly about?

   • One reflection leads to another, and another, until a story line slyly emerges. It's about a wrongly convicted banker who slyly figures out a way to escape from prison. I'd pretend to read the menu or fix my napkin to just be slyly looking straight down at my device beneath her line of sight -- you know the drill.

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   1. Clever or cunning, especially in the practice of deceit. 2. Stealthy or surreptitious: took a sly look at the letter on the table. 3. Playfully mischievous: a sly laugh. Idiom: on the sly. In a way intended to escape notice: took extra payments on the sly.

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    Definitions of slyly. adverb. in an artful manner. synonyms: artfully, craftily, cunningly, foxily, knavishly, trickily.