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May 27, 2012
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sly



Pronunciation: (slī), [key]
—adj., sly•er or sli•er, sly•est or sli•est,
—n.

—adj.
1. cunning or wily: sly as a fox.
2. stealthy, insidious, or secret.
3. playfully artful, mischievous, or roguish: sly humor.

—n.
on the sly, secretly; furtively: a tryst on the sly.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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