Definition of sly

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Sly (v. t.) Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

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Exorbitantly :: Exorbitantly (adv.) In an exorbitant, excessive, or irregular manner; enormously..
Assassin :: Assassin (n.) One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense..
Sprawl :: Sprawl (v. i.) To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully.
Variously :: Variously (adv.) In various or different ways.
Gallop :: Gallop (v. i.) Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination..
Sensibly :: Sensibly (adv.) With intelligence or good sense; judiciously.
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Expressly :: Expressly (adv.) In an express manner; in direct terms; with distinct purpose; particularly; as, a book written expressly for the young..
Dig :: Dig (v. i.) To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
Given :: Given (v.) Disposed; inclined; -- used with an adv.; as, virtuously given..
Hew :: Hew (v. t.) To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher..
Desperately :: Desperately (adv.) In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately..
Slype :: Slype (n.) A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery..
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Cit :: Cit (n.) A citizen; an inhabitant of a city; a pert townsman; -- used contemptuously.
Unpray :: Unpray (v. t.) To revoke or annul by prayer, as something previously prayed for..
Superadvenient :: Superaddition (n.) The act of adding something in excess or something extraneous; also, something which is added in excess or extraneously..
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Sorehon :: Sorehon (n.) Formerly, in Ireland, a kind of servile tenure which subjected the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously whenever he wished to indulge in a revel..
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