unsly
/ʌnˈslaɪ/
unsly adjective: not sly; lacking slyness.
Adjective
unsly (comparative more unsly, superlative most unsly)
- Not sly; lacking slyness
- Glaucon will play devil's advocate (358c-d, thereby showing himself craftier than Thrasymachus, who is so unsly as to declare himself a wolf, openly, before the sheep; […])2001, Michael Palmer, Masters and Slaves: Revisioned Essays in Political Philosophy
- His brown eyes were keen and lively, not absolutely unsly but not ruthless or egomaniac, either: nobody could run a museum without at least a sliver of slyness.2014, Bill James, Snatched
Forms of unsly
| comparative | more unsly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unsly |
Origin of unsly
From Middle English unsly, unslei, unsley, unsleiȝ, unsleȝe, unsleeiȝ, equivalent to un- + sly.
Words that rhyme with unsly
Questions about unsly
- What does unsly mean?
- Unsly means not sly; lacking slyness.
- What part of speech is unsly?
- Unsly is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unsly?
- Unsly is pronounced /ʌnˈslaɪ/.
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