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slily

slily is the alternative spelling of slyly.

Meaning of slyly

Adverb

slyly (comparative more slyly, superlative most slyly)

  1. In a sly manner, cunningly.
    • VVhen ſhe vvas dreſt, therefore, dovvn ſhe vvent, reſolved to encounter all the Horrours of the Day, and a moſt diſagreeable one it proved; for Lady Bellaſton took every opportunity very civilly and slily to inſult her; […]1749, Henry Fielding, “In which Mrs. Miller Pays a Visit to Sophia”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume VI, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book XVII, page 134

Forms of slily

comparativemore slily
superlativemost slily

Questions about slily

What is slily the alternative spelling of?
Slily is the alternative spelling of slyly.

Words near slily in the dictionary

  1. sliked
  2. Sliker
  3. Slikers
  4. slikes
  5. sliking
  6. slily
  7. slim
  8. slim client
  9. slim clients
  10. slim down
  11. slim jim

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slily (page history and authors); slyly (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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