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slie

slie is the obsolete spelling of sly.

Meaning of sly

Adjective

sly (comparative slier or slyer, superlative sliest or slyest)

  1. Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
  2. (having a positive connotation) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
  3. Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
    • a sly trick
  4. Light or delicate; slight; thin.

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Questions about slie

What is slie the obsolete spelling of?
Slie is the obsolete spelling of sly.

Words near slie in the dictionary

  1. slidingness
  2. slidings
  3. slidometer
  4. slidometers
  5. slidy
  6. slie
  7. Sliema
  8. slier
  9. sliest
  10. Slieve Donard
  11. Slife

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slie (page history and authors); sly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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