Find your perfect word!
Definition sly
Etymology
From Middle English sly, sley, from Old Norse sl?gr, slœgr (“sly, cunning”, literally “capable of hitting or striking”), from Proto-Germanic *sl?giz (“lively, agile, cunning, sly, striking”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, throw”). Cognate with Icelandic slægur (“crafty, sly”), Norwegian Nynorsk sløg (“sly”), Saterland Frisian slau (“sly, crafty”), Dutch sluw (“sly, cunning”), Low German slu (“sly, cunning”), German schlau (“clever, crafty”). Related to sleight, slay.
Adjective
sly (comparative slier or slyer, superlative sliest or slyest)
- Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
- (having a positive sense) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
- Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
- Light or delicate; slight; thin.
Adverb
sly
- Slyly.
Results 289 Words with the letters SLY
6 letter words with the letters SLY ↑
5 letter words with the letters SLY ↑
4 letter words with the letters SLY ↑
3 letter words with the letters SLY ↑
You can also try words with the phrase SLY, words starting with the letters SLY, or words ending in the letters SLY.
Favorites Searches
Words… ending with q, starting with q, starting with qa, starting with qo, with two letters, starting with x, starting with j, ending with j,
Some random searches: Words with the letters PNKQE, Words with the letters CLA, Words with the letters BXYN, Words with the letters ORJEW,