Slyly

Quick meaning: Slyly is an adverb meaning In a sly manner, cunningly.

Meaning

In a sly manner, cunningly.

Example Sentences

I lie there on the stretcher-bed and laugh slily, but say nothing; give vent to no opinion one way or the other.

So when they were working that evening at the pumps, there was on this head no small gamesomeness slily going on among them, as they stood with their feet continually overflowed by the rippling clear water; […]

VVhen ſhe vvas dreſt, therefore, dovvn ſhe vvent, reſolved to encounter all the Horrours of the Day, and a moſt diſagreeable one it proved; for Lady Bellaſton took every opportunity very civilly and slily to inſult her; […]

Synonyms for slyly

Depending on context, synonyms include artfully, cunningly, knavishly, craftily, trickily, foxily.

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