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{
"derived": [
{
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"word": "by the sly"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "on the sly"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "sly as a fox"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "slyboots"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "sly fox"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "sly-grog"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "slyness"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "sly"
},
"expansion": "Middle English sly",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "sley"
},
"expansion": "sley",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "sleigh"
},
"expansion": "sleigh",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "sleiȝ"
},
"expansion": "sleiȝ",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "slǿgr",
"lit": "capable of hitting or striking",
"t": "sly, cunning"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse slǿgr (“sly, cunning”, literally “capable of hitting or striking”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*slōgiz",
"t": "lively, agile, cunning, sly, striking"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *slōgiz (“lively, agile, cunning, sly, striking”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*slak-",
"t": "to hit, throw"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, throw”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "slægur",
"3": "",
"4": "crafty, sly"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic slægur (“crafty, sly”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "sløg",
"3": "",
"4": "sly"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk sløg (“sly”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sleight"
},
"expansion": "sleight",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "slay"
},
"expansion": "slay",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "slau",
"3": "",
"4": "sly, crafty"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian slau (“sly, crafty”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "sluw",
"3": "",
"4": "sly, cunning"
},
"expansion": "Dutch sluw (“sly, cunning”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "slu",
"3": "",
"4": "sly, cunning"
},
"expansion": "Low German slu (“sly, cunning”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "schlau",
"3": "",
"4": "clever, crafty"
},
"expansion": "German schlau (“clever, crafty”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English sly, sley, sleigh, sleiȝ, from Old Norse slǿgr (“sly, cunning”, literally “capable of hitting or striking”), from Proto-Germanic *slōgiz (“lively, agile, cunning, sly, striking”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, throw”). Cognate with Icelandic slægur (“crafty, sly”), Norwegian Nynorsk sløg (“sly”). Related to sleight, slay. In all likelihood, however, unrelated with Saterland Frisian slau (“sly, crafty”), Dutch sluw (“sly, cunning”), Low German slu (“sly, cunning”), German schlau (“clever, crafty”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "slier",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "slyer",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "sliest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "slyest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "er",
"2": "slyer"
},
"expansion": "sly (comparative slier or slyer, superlative sliest or slyest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "34 29 22 14 1",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Personality",
"orig": "en:Personality",
"parents": [
"Mind",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily."
],
"id": "en-sly-en-adj-rZFyBwCO",
"links": [
[
"cunning",
"cunning"
],
[
"mischievous",
"mischievous"
],
[
"wily",
"wily"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵabīṯ",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "خَبِيث"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mākir",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "مَاكِر"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "xabiis",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "خبيث"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mkaar",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "مكار"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xoramank",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "խորամանկ"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "azeri"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "xítry",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "хі́тры"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lukáv",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "лука́в"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hítǎr",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "хи́тър"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kováren",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "кова́рен"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "astut"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "murri"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎohuá",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "狡猾"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guǐxiá",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "鬼黠"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎoxiá",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "狡黠"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "prohnaný"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "lstivý"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "sluw"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "ruza"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "viekas"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "sournois"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "malin"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "rusé"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "matois"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "schlau"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "gerissen"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "listig"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "verschmitzt"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "listeigs",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kídaphos",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "κίδαφος"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "panoûrgos",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "πανοῦργος"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "ravasz"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "veekas"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "kavala"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "bradach"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "furbo"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "sornione"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"alt": "ずるい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zurui",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "狡い"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"alt": "こうかつな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōkatsu na",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "狡猾な"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyohwalhada",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "교활하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "vafer"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "versūtus"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "callidus"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "lukav",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "лукав"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "mūrere"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "tītipa"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "sly"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "sleighty"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "sleighte"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "'mbruglione"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "seurnouais"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "slu"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "sleip"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "xytrŭ",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "хꙑтръ"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "lǫkavŭ",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "лѫкавъ"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kurnaz",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "قورناز"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "asmak",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "آصمق"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "schlau"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "chytry"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "cwany"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "esperto"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "astuto"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "manhoso"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "viclean"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xítryj",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "хи́трый"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "ru",
"english": "wily",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kovárnyj",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "кова́рный"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lukávyj",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "лука́вый"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "dhūrta",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "धूर्त"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "лукав"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "препреден"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "lukav"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "prepreden"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "ľstivý"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "prešibaný"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "pretkan"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "zvit"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "astuto"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "pillo"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "listo"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "slug"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "kurnaz"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xýtryj",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "хи́трий"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lukávyj",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "лука́вий"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 4 6 1",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "khitre",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "כיטרע"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "34 29 22 14 1",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Personality",
"orig": "en:Personality",
"parents": [
"Mind",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice"
],
"id": "en-sly-en-adj-9nbiNQX7",
"links": [
[
"Dexterous",
"dextrous"
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"english": "The lovers embrace each other outdoors where the conditions for pleasure and happiness are favorable: in a well-maintained deciduous landscape (not in the shadow of spruces or among overgrown thickets), in the sunlight (softened by the moving curtains of foliage), and in a temperate zone during summer (without poisonous snakes or blood-sucking insects).",
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{
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"word": "خَبِيث"
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"word": "مَاكِر"
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "խորամանկ"
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "azeri"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "xítry",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "хі́тры"
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "лука́в"
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{
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "хи́тър"
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "кова́рен"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "astut"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "murri"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "jiǎohuá",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "狡猾"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guǐxiá",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "鬼黠"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "jiǎoxiá",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "狡黠"
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"word": "prohnaný"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
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"word": "sluw"
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"word": "ruza"
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "viekas"
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{
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "sournois"
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{
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
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{
"code": "fr",
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"word": "rusé"
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{
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "matois"
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
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{
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{
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{
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"word": "bradach"
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{
"code": "it",
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"word": "furbo"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "sornione"
},
{
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"word": "狡い"
},
{
"alt": "こうかつな",
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "狡猾な"
},
{
"code": "ko",
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "교활하다"
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{
"code": "la",
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"word": "vafer"
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{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "versūtus"
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{
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"word": "лукав"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "mūrere"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "tītipa"
},
{
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"word": "sly"
},
{
"code": "enm",
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "sleighty"
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{
"code": "enm",
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
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{
"code": "nap",
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "'mbruglione"
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{
"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "seurnouais"
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{
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "slu"
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{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "قورناز"
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{
"code": "ota",
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"word": "آصمق"
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{
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
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"categories": [
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish lemmas",
"Swedish links with redundant wikilinks",
"Swedish neuter nouns",
"Swedish nouns",
"Swedish requests for English equivalent term",
"Swedish terms with quotations",
"Swedish terms with unknown etymologies"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The lovers embrace each other outdoors where the conditions for pleasure and happiness are favorable: in a well-maintained deciduous landscape (not in the shadow of spruces or among overgrown thickets), in the sunlight (softened by the moving curtains of foliage), and in a temperate zone during summer (without poisonous snakes or blood-sucking insects).",
"ref": "1982, Folke Isaksson, Gnistor under himlavalvet, page 261",
"text": "De älskande famnar varandra i ett uterum där betingelserna för njutning och lycka är gynnsamma: i ett hävdat lövträdslandskap (inte i granars skugga eller bland vildvuxen sly), i solljuset (dämpat av bladverkens rörliga ridåer) och i en tempererad zon om sommaren (utan giftormar eller blodsugande insekter).",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Some pale curly lilies sprout among the debris. Otherwise, decay and abandonment with intrusive, power-intoxicated underbrush and the coarse-hewn stones of the foundation on the verge of turning into mold.",
"ref": "2005, Folke Isaksson, “Övergivet torpställe [Abandoned cottage]”, in Osäkra glimtar av ett oförklarligt ljus, page 13",
"text": "Några bleka krolliljor spirar bland bråten. För övrigt sönderfall och övergivenhet med inträngande, maktberusad sly och grundvalens grovhuggna stenar på väg att förvandlas till mögel.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Those who have walked along the moats in Landskrona in recent days have witnessed the clearance of the underbrush that, in some places, has grown unchecked for several years.",
"ref": "2023 August 31, Kary Persson, “Vallarna till Citadellet rensas på sly [The ramparts of the Citadel are being cleared of underbrush]”, in Landskrona Direkt",
"text": "De som promenerat längst med vallgravarna i Landskrona de senaste dagarna har bevittnat hur slyet som, på sina ställer växt obehindrat i flera år, tas ner.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An (instance or collection of) young broad-leaved trees or saplings (in particular while growing densely, sometimes in a weed-like fashion)."
],
"links": [
[
"young",
"young"
],
[
"broad-leaved",
"broad-leaved"
],
[
"tree",
"tree"
],
[
"sapling",
"sapling"
],
[
"densely",
"densely"
],
[
"weed",
"weed"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
"word": "sly"
}
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