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Webster 1913 Edition


Slyness

Sly′ness

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Noun.
The quality or state of being sly.

Webster 1828 Edition


Slyness

SLYLY

, SLYNESS. [See Slily, Sliness.]

Definition 2024


slyness

slyness

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Noun

slyness (countable and uncountable, plural slynesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being being sly.
    With his natural slyness, he was able to talk his way out of trouble.
  2. (countable) The result or product of being sly.

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