sly

  1. Adjective.  Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
  2. Adjective.  Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; — in a good sense.
  3. Adjective.  Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick.
  4. Adjective.  Light or delicate; slight; thin.
  5. Adverb.  Slyly.

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