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Significados de slyness en inglés

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Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception.

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Uso de slyness en inglés
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It became the slyness of the watching animal, that feels the enemy.
Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I
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He said this without malice or slyness or any emotion at all.
An arsonist's guide to writers' homes in new england: a novel
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And Lecacheur replied, with a look of Normandy slyness in his eyes:
Original Short Stories — Volume 08
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There was more slyness in it than ever his beard could hide.
Tales of Three Hemispheres
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Beauchamp was not insensible to the slyness of the poke at him.
Beauchamp's Career — Volume 2
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I think I had impressed her with my slyness and my ruthlessness.
Private Sector
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There is no slyness or undercover business, in their genial, talented ranks.
The new yorker
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His expression shifts in an instant, from wide-eyed fascination to smirking slyness.
The windup girl
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One was slow and cautious, with a slyness beneath the surface obsequity.
Foundation and Empire
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And there again, mark the slyness of him, thinks the girl looking on.
The Song of the Blood-Red Flower
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Jessie Cartwright reflected much on Emily's slyness in keeping her affairs so secret.
A Life's Morning
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One and all, Taren Ferry folk had a reputation for slyness and trickery.
To the blight: the eye of the world
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My suspicions about his slyness, by the way, were quite unfounded.
The Prairie Wife
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He suddenly remembered to be discreet, and winked one eye with indescribable slyness.
Purple Springs
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But one senses a cynicism, a manipulatory slyness, about those performers.
The Guardian
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He asked, with a certain slyness, Have you heard anything about her already?
Questionable Shapes
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