slily
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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Then, slily combining his oldtime East Side accent with the local vernacular, he said: "I hope to meet yez-all personally before I leave."
From Time Magazine Archive
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He had been squatting motionless on his buttocks—tracing designs in the mud with his staff whilst his quick eyes looked slily from one speaker to another.
From Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy by Putnam Weale, B. L. (Bertram Lenox)
And the speaker laughed slily, as if struck by some comical reminiscence.
From The Strange Story of Rab R?by by J?kai, M?r
"High on horseback in the battle, is it not so?" asked Sch�ndel slily.
From Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague by Kohn, Spiegfried
He immediately pulled out a canvass bag, counted down the money in gold, slily remarking to the sheriff, that they were all "good sovereigns."
From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Stanton, Henry B.
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