sly, cunning, crafty, wily, tricky, foxy, artful, slick mean attaining or seeking to attain one's ends by guileful or devious means. sly implies furtiveness, lack of candor, and skill in concealing one's …

She thought that by being sly, she could fool people. A cat can be a very sly animal.

Sylvester Stewart (March 15, 1943 – June 9, 2025), better known by his stage name Sly Stone, was an American musician, songwriter and record producer.

If you describe someone as sly, you disapprove of them because they keep their feelings or intentions hidden and are clever at deceiving people.

Definition of sly adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Define sly. sly synonyms, sly pronunciation, sly translation, English dictionary definition of sly. adj. sli·er , sli·est also sly·er or sly·est 1. Clever or cunning, especially in the practice of deceit. 2. …

SLY definition: cunning or wily. See examples of sly used in a sentence.

Sly quickly followed with the lukewarm comedy Oscar (1991), the painfully unfunny Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992), the futuristic action film Demolition Man (1993), and the comic book …

sly (slī), adj., sly•er or sli•er, sly•est or sli•est, n. adj. cunning or wily: sly as a fox. stealthy, insidious, or secret. playfully artful, mischievous, or roguish: sly humor. n. on the sly, secretly; …

on the sly informal : in a secret way They've been meeting each other on the sly. [= secretly]