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"sly":{
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"antonyms":[
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"artless",
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"guileless",
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"ingenuous",
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"innocent",
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"undesigning"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": clever in concealing one's aims or ends : furtive":[],
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": displaying cleverness : ingenious":[],
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": in a manner intended to avoid notice":[],
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": lacking in straightforwardness and candor : dissembling":[],
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": lightly mischievous : roguish":[
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"a sly jest"
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],
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": wise in practical affairs":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the movie pairs a sly , dissembling ex-con with an upstanding, straight-arrow cop",
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"why, you sly fellow! I had no idea you were planning my birthday party",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Sterlin Harjo\u2019s series burst out of the gate with confidence, creativity and a sly sense of humor, taking on all manner of Native teen life on a rural Oklahoma reservation. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 June 2022",
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"These books are also often sly and funny, rooted in the absurdity that visits all of our lives. \u2014 John Warner, Chicago Tribune , 23 Apr. 2022",
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"Helen had found someone else either, Gene said with a sly grin. \u2014 Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"But that fondness for details arrives with a sly sense of interrogation. \u2014 Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"As notorious mastermind Elena Federova, Baccarin commands her every scene in NBC\u2019s newest drama with a sly grin and slightly raised eyebrow that usually spells disaster for those trying to test her. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 21 Feb. 2022",
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"Louise, the youngest, is a study in heated responses, sly manipulations and 9-year-old narcissism. \u2014 Michael Cavna, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
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"But the sly pleasure of Sick of Myself is that Signe\u2019s narcissism differs from the rest of ours more in degree than kind. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 May 2022",
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"In a sly stroke, we are never shown the encounter that led to Anne\u2019s condition. \u2014 The New Yorker , 6 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English sleighe, sli , from Old Norse sl\u0153gr ; akin to Old English sl\u0113an to strike \u2014 more at slay":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sl\u012b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sly sly , cunning , crafty , wily , tricky , foxy , artful , slick mean attaining or seeking to attain one's ends by guileful or devious means. sly implies furtiveness, lack of candor, and skill in concealing one's aims and methods. a sly corporate raider cunning suggests the inventive use of sometimes limited intelligence in overreaching or circumventing. the cunning fox avoided the trap crafty implies cleverness and subtlety of method. a crafty lefthander wily implies skill and deception in maneuvering. the wily fugitive escaped the posse tricky is more likely to suggest shiftiness and unreliability than skill in deception and maneuvering. a tricky political operative foxy implies a shrewd and wary craftiness usually involving devious dealing. a foxy publicity man planting stories artful implies indirectness in dealing and often connotes sophistication or cleverness. elicited the information by artful questioning slick emphasizes smoothness and guile. slick operators selling time-sharing",
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"synonyms":[
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"artful",
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"beguiling",
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"cagey",
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"cagy",
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"crafty",
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"cunning",
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"cute",
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"designing",
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"devious",
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"dodgy",
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"foxy",
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"guileful",
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"scheming",
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"shrewd",
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"slick",
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"subtle",
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"tricky",
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"wily"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194406",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"slyboots":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1700, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sl\u012b-\u02ccb\u00fcts"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200015",
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"type":[
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"noun, plural in form but singular in construction"
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]
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},
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"slyness":{
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"antonyms":[
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"artless",
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"guileless",
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"ingenuous",
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"innocent",
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"undesigning"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": clever in concealing one's aims or ends : furtive":[],
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": displaying cleverness : ingenious":[],
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": in a manner intended to avoid notice":[],
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": lacking in straightforwardness and candor : dissembling":[],
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": lightly mischievous : roguish":[
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"a sly jest"
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],
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": wise in practical affairs":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the movie pairs a sly , dissembling ex-con with an upstanding, straight-arrow cop",
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"why, you sly fellow! I had no idea you were planning my birthday party",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Sterlin Harjo\u2019s series burst out of the gate with confidence, creativity and a sly sense of humor, taking on all manner of Native teen life on a rural Oklahoma reservation. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 June 2022",
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"These books are also often sly and funny, rooted in the absurdity that visits all of our lives. \u2014 John Warner, Chicago Tribune , 23 Apr. 2022",
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"Helen had found someone else either, Gene said with a sly grin. \u2014 Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"But that fondness for details arrives with a sly sense of interrogation. \u2014 Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"As notorious mastermind Elena Federova, Baccarin commands her every scene in NBC\u2019s newest drama with a sly grin and slightly raised eyebrow that usually spells disaster for those trying to test her. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 21 Feb. 2022",
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"Louise, the youngest, is a study in heated responses, sly manipulations and 9-year-old narcissism. \u2014 Michael Cavna, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
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"But the sly pleasure of Sick of Myself is that Signe\u2019s narcissism differs from the rest of ours more in degree than kind. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 May 2022",
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"In a sly stroke, we are never shown the encounter that led to Anne\u2019s condition. \u2014 The New Yorker , 6 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English sleighe, sli , from Old Norse sl\u0153gr ; akin to Old English sl\u0113an to strike \u2014 more at slay":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sl\u012b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sly sly , cunning , crafty , wily , tricky , foxy , artful , slick mean attaining or seeking to attain one's ends by guileful or devious means. sly implies furtiveness, lack of candor, and skill in concealing one's aims and methods. a sly corporate raider cunning suggests the inventive use of sometimes limited intelligence in overreaching or circumventing. the cunning fox avoided the trap crafty implies cleverness and subtlety of method. a crafty lefthander wily implies skill and deception in maneuvering. the wily fugitive escaped the posse tricky is more likely to suggest shiftiness and unreliability than skill in deception and maneuvering. a tricky political operative foxy implies a shrewd and wary craftiness usually involving devious dealing. a foxy publicity man planting stories artful implies indirectness in dealing and often connotes sophistication or cleverness. elicited the information by artful questioning slick emphasizes smoothness and guile. slick operators selling time-sharing",
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"synonyms":[
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"artful",
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"beguiling",
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"cagey",
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"cagy",
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"crafty",
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"cunning",
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"cute",
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"designing",
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"devious",
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"dodgy",
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"foxy",
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"guileful",
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"scheming",
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"shrewd",
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"slick",
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"subtle",
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"tricky",
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"wily"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074120",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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}
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}
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