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Word entry · 3 letters

sly

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"Sneaky"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /slaɪ/Part of speech adjectiveSorted lsyStarts with SEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
1S2L3Y

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"Sneaky"2 answers
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Filled answer is this word (SLY).

Definitions

  1. Clever in a secretive way

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • a sly trick

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