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Secretive vs. Sly

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Secretiveadjective

Having an inclination to secrecy

Slyadjective

Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

Secretiveadjective

Relating to secretion

Slyadjective

(having a positive sense) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice

Secretiveadjective

Tending to secrete, or to keep secret or private; as, a secretive disposition.

Slyadjective

Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle

‘a sly trick’;

Secretiveadjective

inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information;

‘although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it’;

Slyadjective

Light or delicate; slight; thin.

Slyadverb

Slyly.

Slyadjective

Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; - in a good sense.

‘Be ye sly as serpents, and simple as doves.’; ‘Whom graver ageAnd long experience hath made wise and sly.’;

Slyadjective

Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

‘For my sly wiles and subtle craftiness,The litle of the kingdom I possess.’;

Slyadjective

Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick.

‘Envy works in a sly and imperceptible manner.’;

Slyadjective

Light or delicate; slight; thin.

Slyadverb

Slyly.

Slyadjective

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 Dik’; ‘a wily old attorney’;

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