| slovo | definícia |
sly
(encz) | sly,lišácký adj: Pino |
sly
(encz) | sly,lstivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sly
(encz) | sly,prohnaný |
sly
(encz) | sly,šibalský adj: Pino |
Sly
(gcide) | Sly \Sly\, a. [Compar. Slieror Slyer; superl. Sliest or
Slyest.] [OE. sli, slegh, sleih, Icel. sl?gr, for sl?gr;
akin to Sw. slug, Dan. slu, LG. slou, G. schlau; probably to
E. slay, v.t.; cf. G. verschlagen sly. See Slay, v. t., and
cf. Sleight.]
1. Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice;
nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; -- in a good
sense.
[1913 Webster]
Be ye sly as serpents, and simple as doves. --Wyclif
(Matt. x. 16).
[1913 Webster]
Whom graver age
And long experience hath made wise and sly.
--Fairfax.
[1913 Webster]
2. Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
[1913 Webster]
For my sly wiles and subtle craftiness,
The litle of the kingdom I possess. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
3. Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy;
subtle; as, a sly trick.
[1913 Webster]
Envy works in a sly and imperceptible manner. --I.
Watts.
[1913 Webster]
4. Light or delicate; slight; thin. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
By the sly, or On the sly, in a sly or secret manner.
[Colloq.] "Gazed on Hetty's charms by the sly." --G.
Eliot.
Sly goose (Zool.), the common sheldrake; -- so named from
its craftiness.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Cunning; crafty; subtile; wily. See Cunning.
[1913 Webster] |
Sly
(gcide) | Sly \Sly\, adv.
Slyly. [Obs. or Poetic] --Spenser.
[1913 Webster] |
sly
(wn) | sly
adj 1: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for
wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a
slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a
wily old attorney" [syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy,
foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy,
tricky, wily] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
adventitiously
(mass) | adventitiously
- neočakávane, náhodne |
analogously
(mass) | analogously
- podobne |
auspiciously
(mass) | auspiciously
- nádejne |
contemporaneously
(mass) | contemporaneously
- súčastne |
contemptuously
(mass) | contemptuously
- opovržlivo, pohrdlivo |
contiguously
(mass) | contiguously
- neďaleko |
decorously
(mass) | decorously
- slušne |
erroneously
(mass) | erroneously
- chybný |
fabulously
(mass) | fabulously
- báječne |
ferociously
(mass) | ferociously
- divoko |
gloriously
(mass) | gloriously
- výborne |
gorgeously
(mass) | gorgeously
- výborne |
grisly
(mass) | grisly
- hrozný |
grossly
(mass) | grossly
- celkovo |
horrendously
(mass) | horrendously
- strašne |
impetuously
(mass) | impetuously
- prudko |
ingenuously
(mass) | ingenuously
- úprimne |
instantaneously
(mass) | instantaneously
- okamžite |
losslessly
(mass) | losslessly
- bez straty, bezstratovo |
lusciously
(mass) | lusciously
- sladko |
mellifluously
(mass) | mellifluously
- sladko |
meticulously
(mass) | meticulously
- starostlivo |
needlessly
(mass) | needlessly
- zbytočne, nepotrebne |
obviously
(mass) | obviously
- zjavne, zrejme |
outrageously
(mass) | outrageously
- strašne |
precipitously
(mass) | precipitously
- prudko |
previously
(mass) | previously
- predtým, skôr |
prosperously
(mass) | prosperously
- úspešne |
righteously
(mass) | righteously
- spravodlivo |
seamlessly
(mass) | seamlessly
- hladko |
seriously
(mass) | seriously
- skutočne, vážne |
simultaneously
(mass) | simultaneously
- súčastne |
soundlessly
(mass) | soundlessly
- ticho |
synonymously
(mass) | synonymously
- synonymicky |
villainously
(mass) | villainously
- podľa |
neslychany
(msasasci) | neslychany
- unheard-of, unprecedented, unprecedented |
nesuvisly
(msasasci) | nesuvisly
- discontinuous |
nezavisly
(msasasci) | nezavisly
- free-lance, independent, no party affiliation |
spolocenstvo nezavislych statov
(msasasci) | Spolocenstvo Nezavislych Statov
- CIS |
suvisly
(msasasci) | suvisly
- continuous |
zavisly
(msasasci) | zavisly
- addicted, dependent, reliant, strung-out |
zvisly
(msasasci) | zvisly
- vertical |
abstemiously
(encz) | abstemiously,střídmě adv: Zdeněk Brožabstemiously,zdrženlivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
acrimoniously
(encz) | acrimoniously,uštěpačně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
advantageously
(encz) | advantageously,prospěšně |
adventurously
(encz) | adventurously,dobrodružně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
aimlessly
(encz) | aimlessly,bezcílně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
ambiguously
(encz) | ambiguously,dvouznačně adv: |
ambitiously
(encz) | ambitiously,ctižádostivě adj: |
amorously
(encz) | amorously,milostně adv: Zdeněk Brožamorously,zamilovaně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
amorphously
(encz) | amorphously,amorfně adj: |
analogously
(encz) | analogously,podobně adj: |
anomalously
(encz) | anomalously,anomálně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
anonymously
(encz) | anonymously,anonymně |
anxiously
(encz) | anxiously,úzkostlivě adv: anxiously,úzkostně adv: |
assiduously
(encz) | assiduously,svědomitě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
asynchronously
(encz) | asynchronously,asynchronně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
atrociously
(encz) | atrociously,otřesně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
audaciously
(encz) | audaciously,troufale adv: Miky |
auspiciously
(encz) | auspiciously,nadějně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
autonomously
(encz) | autonomously,samostatně adv: |
barbarously
(encz) | barbarously,barbarsky adv: Zdeněk Brož |
blamelessly
(encz) | blamelessly,bezúhonně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
blasphemously
(encz) | blasphemously,rouhavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
boisterously
(encz) | boisterously,bouřlivě adv: Zdeněk Brožboisterously,nespoutaně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
brainlessly
(encz) | brainlessly,stupidně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
breathlessly
(encz) | breathlessly,neživě adv: Zdeněk Brožbreathlessly,udýchaně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
bumptiously
(encz) | bumptiously,drze adv: Zdeněk Brož |
calamitously
(encz) | calamitously,nešťastně Jiří Šmoldas |
callously
(encz) | callously,necitlivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
cantankerously
(encz) | cantankerously,mrzutě Jiří Šmoldascantankerously,nevrle Jiří Šmoldascantankerously,tvrdohlavě Jiří Šmoldas |
capriciously
(encz) | capriciously,rozmarně adv: Jiří Šmoldas |
captiously
(encz) | captiously, |
carelessly
(encz) | carelessly,lehkomyslně adv: Zdeněk Brožcarelessly,nedbale adv: Zdeněk Brožcarelessly,neopatrně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
|