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adj. Clever or cunning, especially in the practice of deceit.

adj. Stealthy or surreptitious: took a sly look at the letter on the table.

adj. Playfully mischievous: a sly laugh.

idiom. on the sly In a way intended to escape notice: took extra payments on the sly.

adj. Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

adj. Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; — in a good sense.

adj. Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick.

adj. Light or delicate; slight; thin.

ad. Slyly.

adj. Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; -- in a good sense.

adj. Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

adj. Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle.

adj. Light or delicate; slight; thin.

ad. Slyly.

. Cunning; skilful; shrewd.

Meanly artful; insidious; crafty.

Playfully artful; knowing; having an intentionally transparent artfulness.

Artfully and delicately wrought; cunning; ingenious.

Thin; fine; slight; slender.

Illicit: as, sly grog (liquor made in illicit stills).

Synonyms and

Cunning, Artful, Sly, etc. (sec cunning).

Roguish, playful, waggish.

adj. marked by skill in deception

"Wes Anderson animated a classic Roald Dahl story and cast the vocal talents of George Clooney as the title sly fox."

artful    on the sly   

on the sly    by the sly    sly goose   

sliest    slier    slyest    slyer   

wily    crafty    cunning    subtile    nimble    skillful    cautious    shrewd    knowing    subtle   

Ai    Alai    Ally    Bi    Bligh    Bly    Brunei    Cai    Cy    Dai   

malicious    crafty    shrewd    playful    wicked    sarcastic    sardonic    cunning    furtive    spiteful