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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