slyly

Example Sentences

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It recently played out in public in the form of a Super Bowl ad campaign slyly attacking OpenAI—without naming it—for its decision to include ads in its chatbot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Through Valerie, Kudrow slyly performs our terminal habit of downgrading devastating developments to champagne problems, merrily chirping her character’s catchphrase, “How’s that?”

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

Mr. Broderick, himself a sometime movie star, brings a slyly funny air of noblesse oblige that dovetails amusingly with Jay’s pompous, blinkered dimness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

It’s a grippingly blunt portrayal that Verbeek slyly undercuts by hinting at the vulnerability guiding her dogged quest.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

Joinville smiled slyly at William and then said to Sorbonne, “Maybe you would consider enrolling him in your college?”

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz