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what means "sly"?
2011年5月23日 17:00
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what does sly mean?
it's an adjective that means:
1- using tricks and dishonest methods to get what you want: he is sly and greedy.
2- showing that you know something that others do not know: a sly smile
on the sly means secretly doing something you are not supposed to be doing: he's been smoking on the sly.
2011年5月23日
Two meanings...1.acting or done in a secret or dishonest way,often intending to trick people
2.suggesting that you know something secret that other people do not know
2011年5月25日
Dictionary def of sly:
1. Clever or cunning, especially in the practice of deceit. He is a sly thief.
2. Stealthy or surreptitious: He took a sly look at the letter on the table.
3. Playfully mischievous: She had a sly laugh.
Idiom:
on the sly
In a way intended to escape notice: The policeman took extra payments on the sly.
2011年5月23日
Just use a dictionary.
2011年5月23日
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