sly

sly is a 3-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, adverb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; -- in a good sense. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 6 · 6 senses

Definitions

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

   "cunning men often pass for wise"

   "deep political machinations"

   Synonyms: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, tricksy, tricky, wily

Synonyms

crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, tricksy, tricky, wily

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sly:

lys, syl

Common word forms

slier, slily, slyer, slyly, sliest, slyest, slyness

Words from these letters

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