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slyly

[slahy-lee]

adverb

  1. in a deceitful manner; cunningly.

    They slyly plot to overthrow us.

  2. in a roguish or mischievous way.

    Some were serious, while others slyly winked at the camera.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of slyly1

First recorded 1350–1400 slyly ( def. 1 ); 1835–40 slyly ( def. 2 ); sly ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )
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And chunks of cooked zucchini were slyly thrown into soups and spaghetti.

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Walter is a slyly adept social critic, and has clearly invested his protagonist with all of the outrage and heartbreak he himself feels about the dark course our world has taken.

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The stars slyly become the circumference of the U.S. presidential seal.

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Across his vast filmography, Bong has slyly proven himself one of cinema’s great gastronomes, incorporating food into nearly all of his work to stitch the fabric of each film together.

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In Field’s film, the writer-director slyly lampoons the pretension of figures high up in the worlds of ballet, opera, theater and symphony, as well as more recognizable personas in public-facing industries like film and music.

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