Sly vs. Cunning — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Sly and Cunning
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Sly
Clever or cunning, especially in the practice of deceit.
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Cunning
Marked by or given to artful subtlety and deceptiveness.
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Sly
Stealthy or surreptitious
Took a sly look at the letter on the table.
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Cunning
Executed with or exhibiting ingenuity.
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Sly
Playfully mischievous
A sly laugh.
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Cunning
Delicately pleasing; pretty or cute
A cunning pet.
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Sly
Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
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Cunning
Skill in deception; guile.
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Sly
(having a positive connotation) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
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Cunning
Skill or adeptness in execution or performance; dexterity.
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Sly
Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
A sly trick
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Cunning
Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
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Sly
Light or delicate; slight; thin.
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Cunning
(obsolete) Skillful, artful.
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Sly
Slyly.
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Cunning
(obsolete) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.
Cunning work
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Sly
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.
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Cunning
Cute, appealing.
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Sly
Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
For my sly wiles and subtle craftiness,The litle of the kingdom I possess.
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Cunning
Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.
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Sly
Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick.
Envy works in a sly and imperceptible manner.
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Cunning
Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit; art or magic.
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Sly
Light or delicate; slight; thin.
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Cunning
The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.
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Sly
Slyly.
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Cunning
The natural wit or instincts of an animal.
The cunning of the fox or hare
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Sly
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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Cunning
(obsolete) Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).
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Cunning
Knowing; skillful; dexterous.
"Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and whiteNature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on.
Esau was a cunning hunter.
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Cunning
Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work.
Over them Arachne high did lift
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Cunning
Crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful.
They are resolved to be cunning; let others run the hazard of being sincere.
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Cunning
Pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy.
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Cunning
Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity.
Let my right hand forget her cunning.
A carpenter's desertStands more in cunning than in power.
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Cunning
The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.
Discourage cunning in a child; cunning is the ape of wisdom.
We take cunning for a sinister or crooked wisdom.
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Cunning
Shrewdness in deception;
As cunning as a fox
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Cunning
Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
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Cunning
Drafty artfulness (especially in deception)
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Cunning
Attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness;
A cute kid with pigtails
A cute little apartment
Cunning kittens
A cunning baby
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Cunning
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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Cunning
Showing inventiveness and skill;
A clever gadget
The cunning maneuvers leading to his success
An ingenious solution to the problem
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