How do you use Sly in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like crafty or wily, plus the exact meaning.
Sly in a sentence
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Sly meaning
- Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
- Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
- Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
Using Sly
- The main meaning on this page is: Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily. | Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice | Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
- Useful related words include: crafty, wily, tricky, tricksy.
- In the example corpus, sly often appears in combinations such as: the sly, sly and, and sly.
Context around Sly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sly
- In this selection, "sly" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sir, sylvester, christopher, cooper, stallone and tutankhamen stand out and add context to how "sly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and mr sly and appearance but sly cooper is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sly" sits close to words such as acreage, adaptable and akron, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Soon, Sly may be with Patricia again. (7 words)
He's a sly delight that fans wouldn't have minded seeing more of in canon. (16 words)
William S. Sly — a biochemistry and molecular biology professor at St. Louis University — saw the episode. (16 words)
First-Timer- Sir Sly: Despite indie-band Sir Sly’s success being relatively new, the three-piece band brought an impressive crowd to the Lake Shore stage, especially having an early-afternoon time slot in the blistering heat. (38 words)
In the first series of their reality show, Sly is seen refusing to accept the trio of grown women are no longer his little girls, with Sophia admitting that men sometimes approached her because of her famous dad. (38 words)
Most recently, Sly’s family made their reality TV debut with their show, which premiered on Paramount Plus and MTV on May 17. The first season of the show came to an end on Jun. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
One of the lines, "You think you're sly, but you're not," actually is fox-like; it references Sylvester "Sly" Stallone's role as the titular character of the 1995 Judge Dredd movie.
The original first episode of Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time was supposed to be Egypt in Sly Tutankhamen and Egypt was going to be a DLC episode.
First-Timer- Sir Sly: Despite indie-band Sir Sly’s success being relatively new, the three-piece band brought an impressive crowd to the Lake Shore stage, especially having an early-afternoon time slot in the blistering heat.
Sly Stone played harmonica on Sly and the Family Stone 's top 40 hit " I Want to Take You Higher ".
After a night of boozing and harassing ladies, Christopher Sly wakes up to find himself “The Shrew,” forced to navigate a world he used to rule.
Allow me to draw your attention to the messages above from Mr Footie-Fanatic and Mr Sly.
Fernando Alonso could not help but send a sly dig to George Russell on Twitter after his podium at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was reinstated.
He possessed none of the patrician airs of FDR and none of his sly, duplicitous ways of managing the people around him.
He's a sly delight that fans wouldn't have minded seeing more of in canon.
Indeed, the standout Thank You – featuring Jamie T – has distinct echoes of Sly and the Family Stone.
In the first series of their reality show, Sly is seen refusing to accept the trio of grown women are no longer his little girls, with Sophia admitting that men sometimes approached her because of her famous dad.
It’s a sly comment that like so many more to come was met with appreciative and knowing laughter.
It's been a minute since he made an appearance, but Sly Cooper is still one of the best thieves in gaming.
Karma’s not even a little bit house-trained, and she’s quick and sly to boot.
Most recently, Sly’s family made their reality TV debut with their show, which premiered on Paramount Plus and MTV on May 17. The first season of the show came to an end on Jun.
Set in North Madras, the film has some of the most interesting characters and sly humour that’s sharp and sarcastic at the same time.
Soon, Sly may be with Patricia again.
The old stadium used to host boxing matches, concerts with entertainers from different ends of the spectrum from Duke Ellington to Sly and the Family Stone and even auto races.
The series follows the creative explosion in San Francisco that featured the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Sly and the Family Stone, Janis Joplin, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Steve Miller, Santana, Moby Grape and more.
William S. Sly — a biochemistry and molecular biology professor at St. Louis University — saw the episode.
Common combinations with sly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: