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Variant of sly

adjective slier or slyer, sliest or slyest

Dialectal skillful or clever
skillful at trickery or deceit; crafty; wily
showing a secretive, crafty, or wily nature; cunningly underhanded
mischievous in a playful way; roguish

Related Forms:

slyly adverb
slyness noun

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