slyly
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slyly (comparative more slyly, superlative most slyly)
- (obsolete) Dexterously, skilfully.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:
- He wolde nat abyde uppon no poure man for no maner of thyng – and ever he slow slyly and slypped to another, tylle all were slayne to the numbir of a hondred thousand [...].
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:
- In a sly manner, cunningly.
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in a sly manner
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