Usage of "on the sly"

In a furtive manner.

In an inconspicuous, not easily noticeable, manner.

Синонимы

Examples for "inconspicuously"

Examples for "inconspicuously"

He took the elevator upstairs, and waited inconspicuously in the reception area. 
 Kaleidoscope 

I extend a wing inconspicuously, trying to more accurately gauge the temperature. 
 Seraphina 

And then, as quietly and inconspicuously as he could, he'd slip away. 
 American empire: blood and iron 

This he could carry inconspicuously in a belt around his waist. 
 Frontier Boys in Frisco 

We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us. 
 The Moon and Sixpence 

Использование термина on the sly на английском

That maid said she bought it on the sly all the time. 
 Sleeping Fires: a Novel 

I think sometimes he runs away and does it on the sly. 
 A Little Girl of Long Ago; Or, Hannah Ann / A Sequel to a Little... 

He watched her on the sly as she moved about the room. 
 The Grim Smile of the Five Towns 

Half the time Jeff bets against his own horse, on the sly. 
 Cow-Country 

Cleopatra, have you been in the kitchen drinking milk on the sly? 
 In the Courts of Memory, 1858-1875; from Contemporary Letters 

There, drinking is rather an aristocratic indulgence, enjoyed only on the sly. 
 Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life 

I've always imagined that he may have written poems on the sly. 
 The Haunted Bookshop 

How Madame Valière must have gorged on the sly, the rich eccentric! 
 The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes 

However, the banking details used for this process were changed on the sly. 
 The South African 

The age group that's most likely to keep financial accounts on the sly? 
 Reuters 

It's come to the point where you drink on the sly. 
 Aimez-vous Brahms 

People read his book on the sly and talked about it in whispers. 
 O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 

She did some on the sly-ina scared kind of way. 
 The Visioning: A Novel 

Tonight the cook was too busy to approach on the sly. 
 King rolen's kin: the uncrowned king 

I'd planned to get out on the sly tonight, while in here officially. 
 Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point; Or, Two Chums in the C... 

Maltese Knights and Maltese cats do their killing on the sly. 
 In the Courts of Memory, 1858-1875; from Contemporary Letters 

Значения термина on the sly на английском