sly

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
  2. Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
  3. Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
    — a sly trick
  4. Light or delicate; slight; thin.
副词 adv.
  1. Slyly.

词形变化

slier comparative slyer comparative sliest superlative slyest superlative sligh alternative,obsolete sligh alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
artful crafty cunning knowing sharp shifty shrewd slim sly as a fox wily
衍生词
by the sly on the sly sliness sly as a fox slyboots sly dog sly fox sly-grog slyish slyness unsly

词源

词源 1
From Middle English sly, sley, sleigh, sleiȝ, from Old Norse slǿgr (“sly, cunning”, literally “capable of hitting or striking”), from Proto-Germanic *slōgiz (“lively, agile, cunning, sly, striking”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, throw”).
Cognate with Icelandic slægur (“crafty, sly”), Norwegian Nynorsk sløg (“sly”). Related to sleight, slay. In all likelihood, however, unrelated with Saterland Frisian slau (“sly, crafty”), Dutch sluw (“sly, cunning”), Low German slu (“sly, cunning”), German schlau (“clever, crafty”). Doublet of sleight and slöjd
词源 2
From Middle English sly, sley, sleigh, sleiȝ, from Old Norse slǿgr (“sly, cunning”, literally “capable of hitting or striking”), from Proto-Germanic *slōgiz (“lively, agile, cunning, sly, striking”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, throw”).
Cognate with Icelandic slægur (“crafty, sly”), Norwegian Nynorsk sløg (“sly”). Related to sleight, slay. In all likelihood, however, unrelated with Saterland Frisian slau (“sly, crafty”), Dutch sluw (“sly, cunning”), Low German slu (“sly, cunning”), German schlau (“clever, crafty”). Doublet of sleight and slöjd
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