sly
/slʌɪ/
US pronunciation
American sound/slʌɪ/
sly
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
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- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
US voice -> sly
Myanmar meaning
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၁။ (often derog ) မရိုးသော။ လှည့်ဖြားတတ်သော။ a sly political move ❍ (joc ) You sly old devil! လူညာကြီး။
၂။ “သိနေတယ်လေ”၊ “ငါသိပါ တယ်”ဟု အဓိပ္ပာယ်ဆောင်သော။ a sly grin/glance/look ❍ a sly sense of humour.
❏ on the sly [IDM ] (လူမသိအောင်)ကျိတ်၍။
She must have been having lessons on the sly.
❏ slyly adv တိတ်တခိုး။ She glanced slyly at him. slyness n [U]
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crafty, cunning, clever, wily, devious, furtive, underhanded, tricky, arch, artful, astute, bluffing, cad, cagey, calculating, canny, captious, conniving, covert, crooked, deceitful, deceptive, delusive, designing, dishonest, dishonorable, dissembling, double dealing, double-dealing, elusive, evasive, foxy, guileful, illusory, impish, ingenious, insidious, intriguing, knowing, mean, mischievous, move secretly, nifty, phoniness, plotting, roguish, rotter, rounders, scheming, secret, sharp, shifty, shrewd, skillful, slick, smart, smooth, snaking, sneak, sneaking, sneaky, snook, spiriting, stealthy, stinker, subtle, surreptitious, traitorous, treacherous, underhand, unscrupulous, worm, worming
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