ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Unsly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ʌnˈslaɪ/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Unsly is an adjective meaning Not sly; lacking slyness.

Meaning

Not sly; lacking slyness.

Example Sentences

Jazz was the pop music of the times and musicians in the know began peppering their songs with sly and unsly drug references.
His brown eyes were keen and lively, not absolutely unsly but not ruthless or egomaniac, either: nobody could run a museum without at least a sliver of slyness.
Glaucon will play devil's advocate (358c-d, thereby showing himself craftier than Thrasymachus, who is so unsly as to declare himself a wolf, openly, before the sheep; […])

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unslick, uncunning, unsurreptitious, unsleek, unsalacious, unlecherous.

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