Slyness
['slainis]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being sly.
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Examples
- If he went on beside him, he observed him with the slyness of an old white fox. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Yes, said Mr. John Knightley presently, with some slyness, he seems to have a great deal of good-will towards you. Jane Austen. Emma.
- But slyness seems the fashion. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Tears,' said Job, with a look of momentary slyness-- 'tears are not the only proofs of distress, nor the best ones. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Greatly excited, no doubt,' interposed Mr. Perker, with a look of slyness which was very likely accidental. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But the slyness with which he slipped in that last question put me on my guard. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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