Sly : (남들은 모르는 비밀을 자기는) 다 알고 있다는 듯한, 교활한, 음흉한, 기만적인, 부정직한, 비밀스럽게, 은밀한
Slyly :다알고 있다는 듯이, 간교하게, 교활하게, 음흉하게
Slyness : 교활함, 음흉함
A sly look : 음흉한 시선, 다 알고 있는 듯한 시선
A sly wink : 음흉한 윙크, 다 알고 있는 듯한 윙크
A sly smile : 간교한 미소, 다 알고 있는 듯한 미소
On the Sly : 은밀히, 비밀스럽게
1)
if you call somebody sly, you say they are always deceiving people in a clever way in order to get what they want
he is a sly old man, so don't trust him
the fox is often described as sly
he is a sly man, you don't know what he's going to do, he is always very good at tricking and deceiving people
if you describe someone as sly, you say you don't really like them because their intentions are always hidden and they are good at deceiving people
he is very sly and manipulative
he always acts in a very sly way
very cunning, devious
he does things in a secret way using secret plans
manipulative, showing cunning deceit, quite clever but underhand
not being open
tricky
full of cunning and deceit
2)
now you could also use this word sly, to give somebody a sly look or a sly wink or a sly remark
it shows that you know something that other people don't know or is meant to be a secret
she looked at me slyly and lowered her voice as if she was about to let on to a secret
my girlfriend gave me a sly wink when my father started telling his war stories for the umpteenth time
he had a sly smile on his face, he is trying to insinuate, this is like a roguish grin
it's a secret between you and the person you are giving this sly wink to
I went off and had a sly drink, here sly steathly, secret, without letting anybody else know
he went off to have a sly cigarette where nobody knew what he was doing
surreptitious, stealthy, furtive, secretive, subtle
3)
we even have a phrase with this word sly
to do something on the sly, means in a secret way
in a way that no one else knows or other people don't know
she was certain her husband was seeing another woman on the sly
secretly, privately
on the sly without telling what anyone else
in secret
we went down to the garden shed for a sly drink because that was the only place where he could drink on the sly
Formalty : 5 for a sly person and a sly wink
Formalty : 4 for on the sly
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