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sly
(redirected from slier)

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Legal, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.49 sec.
*sly as a fox and *cunning as a fox
Cliché smart and clever. (*Also: as ~.) My nephew is as sly as a fox. You have to be cunning as a fox to outwit me.

on the sly

Fig. secretly and deceptively. She was stealing little bits of money on the sly. Martin was having an affair with the maid on the sly.

on the sly
secretly She's been going out with him on the sly.


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