Usually means: Cunningly, in a sly manner.
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  1. slily: Merriam-Webster
  2. slily: Collins English Dictionary
  3. slily: Vocabulary.com
  4. slily: Wordnik
  5. slily: Wiktionary
  6. slily: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. slily: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Slily, slily: Dictionary.com
  9. Slily: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. slily: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Slily: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. slily: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. slily: FreeDictionary.org
  14. slily: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Slily: Legal dictionary

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  1. Slily: Idioms

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▸ adverb:  Alternative spelling of slyly [In a sly manner, cunningly.]

Similar:
slyly, ladyly, on the sly, subtlely, craftily, shiftily, moldily, sillyly, sleightly, slinkily, more...

Opposite:
blatantly, openly, honestly, straightforwardly

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Similar:
slyly, ladyly, on the sly, subtlely, craftily, shiftily, moldily, sillyly, sleightly, slinkily, more...

Opposite:
blatantly, openly, honestly, straightforwardly



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