n.
The quality or state of being sly.
slyness
| Dictionary: Sly·ness |
| Thesaurus: slyness |
noun
- Deceitful cleverness: art, artfulness, artifice, craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, wiliness. See honest/dishonest, means.
- Lack of straightforwardness and honesty in action: chicanery, craft, craftiness, deviousness, dishonesty, indirection, shadiness, shiftiness, sneakiness, trickery, trickiness, underhandedness. See honest/dishonest.
| WordNet: slyness |
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
Synonyms: craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, wiliness
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