Slyly
['slaili]
Definition
(adv.) In a sly manner; shrewdly; craftily.
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Examples
- And she slyly smiled in his disappointed face. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- At last, he came slyly up to our party and addressed my sister Fanny. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The sailor's hand crept slyly to the butt of one of his revolvers; his wicked eyes glared vengefully at the retreating form of the young Englishman. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I wanted to have another look at Leicester Stanhope, which I at last contrived to accomplish slyly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I am afraid it will shock you, replied the Count slyly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- For example, the girl constantly put herself in Mr. Franklin's way--very slyly and quietly, but she did it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I thought that I observed the Marquis of Worcester, slyly glancing at us through the trelliswork of a stage-box; but I was not quite certain. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Well,' said the Jew, glancing slyly at Oliver, and addressing himself to the Dodger, 'I hope you've been at work this morning, my dears? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He put this jumper slyly in contact with the wires--and just four lamps went out on the section he tampered with. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But my mother always gives way, said the Vicar, slyly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- If any man could be bribed to follow him slyly! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mr Boffin drew an arm-chair into the space where he stood, and said, seating himself and slyly rubbing his hands: 'Give us Dancer. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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