Associations to the word «Sly»

Wiktionary

SLY, adjective. Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
SLY, adjective. Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; — in a good sense.
SLY, adjective. Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick.
SLY, adjective. Light or delicate; slight; thin.
SLY, adverb. Slyly.
SLY AS A FOX, adjective. (simile) Very sly, very cunning.
SLY FOX, noun. A sly or crafty person.

Dictionary definition

SLY, adjective. Marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats