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Meanings of so sly in English

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Usage of so sly in English
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But some folks always like to be so sly and underhanded.
Eventide / A Series of Tales and Poems
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When Mrs. Wimbush got home, she blew up Carry for being so sly.
Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. / A Weekly Jour...
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The clergyman had been so sly that nothing of the kind had been seen.
Phineas Redux
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Few creatures are so sly and wary as the crocodile.
The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the ...
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Sid is so sly-henever tells us whom he is going to take anywhere.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901
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Deda ought not to have been so sly about it, mama, if she knew.
Mrs. Day's Daughters
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You've got a bite; no you haven't; it's only a nibble; fish are so sly.
The Evil Genius: A Domestic Story
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But no, he was not so sly as that-
The Mystery of Orcival
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Ah, they are so sly-theseHowards-andtheir hearts are so full of cunning and malice!
Henry VIII and His Court: A Historical Novel
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To-day I was very cunning-oh , Iwasso sly!
Old Fritz and the New Era
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His satire is not so sly as Chaucer's, but it is distinguished by the same good-nature.
Among My Books. First Series
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To think he should be so sly.
The Financier: A Novel
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And she did not remark again, at least, not openly, upon Janice being " so sly."
Janice Day, the Young Homemaker
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For mercy's sake don't be so sly.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922
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You Jews are always so sly.
We and the World: A Book for Boys. Part I
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It's the most delicious surprise; how could you be so sly and clever as not to tell anybody?
Queen Lucia
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