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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"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 dog"
},
{
"_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": "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": "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"
]
],
"qualifier": "having a positive connotation",
"raw_glosses": [
"(having a positive connotation) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "nimble"
},
{
"word": "skillful"
},
{
"word": "cautious"
},
{
"word": "shrewd"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 92 5 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "potaen",
"sense": "dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble",
"word": "потаен"
},
{
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"word": "狡猾"
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"code": "it",
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{
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"code": "no",
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{
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{
"code": "ota",
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"roman": "kurnaz",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "قورناز"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "asmak",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "آصمق"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "schlau"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "chytry"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
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},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "esperto"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "astuto"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"word": "manhoso"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xítryj",
"sense": "artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily",
"word": "хи́трый"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "it",
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"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": "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”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "?"
},
"expansion": "sly",
"name": "en-adv"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Slyly."
],
"links": [
[
"Slyly",
"slyly"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/slaɪ/"
},
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"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sly.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sly.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sly.wav.mp3",
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},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪ"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "sligh"
}
],
"word": "sly"
}
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