sly
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You have to be clever, not sly, in how you deal with it.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
In the live-wire 2015 comedy-drama “Dope” and as the voice of Miles Morales in the “Spider-Verse” films, Moore proved himself a sly, likable star with flirty charm.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
“The long and winding road is more than a song,” he sings, with a sly wink to his Beatles past.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
I saw his pale skin turned purple, his sly mouth gone flat.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
She was so different from us, sly and secretive, with a faintly contemptuous air about her which in her son was turned almost to insolence.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
Vocabulary lists containing sly
"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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