slyly
Example Sentences
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Alto saxophonist Bobby Watson, a Messenger from 1977 to 1981, is represented by his brightly accessible and slyly swinging “Fuller Love.”
“But do our children need such concern or do we slyly foster it clinging to our motherly purpose?”
From Los Angeles Times
Snack businesses have slyly marketed to this group of buyers.
D’Aquino’s defense: She had been slyly subverting the propaganda machine the whole time, entertaining Americans with facetious language no one could take seriously and introducing upbeat American music the GIs actually loved.
From Los Angeles Times
“Hmm. I don’t see the connection. And if I read my cabin boys right,” he added slyly, “you know something you’re not saying.”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
