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Definitions and meaning of sly

sly

English

Alternative forms

  • sligh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English sly, sley, sleigh, sleiȝ, from Old Norse slǿgr (sly, cunning, literally capable of hitting or striking), from Proto-Germanic *slōgiz (lively, agile, cunning, sly, striking), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (to hit, throw). Cognate with Icelandic slægur (crafty, sly), Norwegian Nynorsk sløg (sly). Related to sleight, slay. In all likelihood, however, unrelated with Saterland Frisian slau (sly, crafty), Dutch sluw (sly, cunning), Low German slu (sly, cunning), German schlau (clever, crafty).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slaɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ

Adjective

sly (comparative slier or slyer, superlative sliest or slyest)

  1. Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
  2. (having a positive connotation) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
    Synonyms: nimble, skillful, cautious, shrewd
  3. Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
  4. Light or delicate; slight; thin.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:wily

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

  • “sly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “sly”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Adverb

sly

  1. Slyly.

Anagrams

  • YLS, YLs, lys, YSL, Lys, syl-

Lower Sorbian

Adjective

sly

  1. obsolete spelling of zły (bad, evil)

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • scle, scley, scliȝ, slegh, sleȝ, slei, sleigh, sleiȝ, sleiȝh, sley, sleygh, sleyh, sligh, sliȝ, slih, slygh, slyȝ, slyȝh, slyh

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse slǿgr, from Proto-Germanic *slōgiz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sliː(x)/, /sleː(x)/, /slix/

Adjective

sly (plural and weak singular slye, comparative slyer, superlative sliest)

  1. Judicious, considered, shrewd; having or indicative of great wisdom.
  2. Adept, expert, quality; having or indicative of great expertise.
  3. Sly, artful, wily; employing or being an example of deception.
  4. (rare) Attractive; having good looks.
  5. (rare) Unknown or hidden.

Related terms

  • sleighly
  • sleighte
  • slynesse

Descendants

  • English: sly
  • Scots: slee

References

  • “sleigh, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-05.

Swedish

Etymology

Unknown origin. From a dialectal word meaning "wetland with small forest". First attested in 1752.

Noun

sly n

  1. An (instance or collection of) young broad-leaved trees or saplings (in particular while growing densely, sometimes in a weed-like fashion). (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Usage notes

  • Should not be confused with:
    • ris (brushwood) which can be severed sly in a bundle.
    • snår (thicket; underbrush) which are formed by a collection of sly and other vegetation.
  • While there is no defined size, sly tends to be about 1–3 meters tall and about as thick as a human finger.

Declension

Holonyms

  • ris (shrubs; brushwood)
  • snår (thicket; underbrush)

Derived terms

References

  • sly in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • sly in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • sly in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

  • lys, syl, yls

Source: wiktionary.org