Sly

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

(v. t.) Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

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

(v. t.) Light or delicate; slight; thin.

(adv.) Slyly.

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• You sly creature! 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• We flew up, and hid behind the curtains, but sly peeps showed us Fred and the students singing away down below. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• He gave her a very blithe look, and a very sly look. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Look at that infernal sly-boots of a Tapeworm, Fipps whispered, examining his chief from the stalls. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He doats on it, your worship,' replied Bumble; giving Oliver a sly pinch, to intimate that he had better not say he didn't. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I do think, she continued, nothing was ever carried on so sly; for it was but two days before Lucy called and sat a couple of hours with me. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Men made sly and crude schemes to corner it, to hoard it, to send up prices by releasing hoarded metals. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Here was a sly glance at Emma. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• I can't say as you treat me exactly like a lady, and--now don't laugh--oh, you sly, pretty rogue! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• But such an old card as this, so deep, so sly, and secret (though I don't believe he is ever sober), I never came across. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Fanny's glance was the slyest thing in nature, and was given in perfect fear and trembling. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.

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