sly
Example Sentences
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Here, it is a man whose labor disappears behind a woman’s byline, a sly inversion of the far more familiar historical pattern.
From Salon
The math-proficiency analysis suggests it may be doing so on the sly.
But Dougal’s naiveté does not preclude a sly sense of humor.
The young trio’s minimalist arrangements evoke the clang of downtown post-punk New York, while the new collection’s sly humor and deep well of hooks helped the dissonant turns go down easily.
Albert’s role as the outgoing governor is a sly send-up of political animals, his barely concealed ambition masked by charisma, with just enough sincerity and genuine affection for Ella to make him conflicted.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
