sly

Betekenis (English)

1. Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
2. Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
3. Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
4. Light or delicate; slight; thin.

listig

gewiekst

geraffineerd

be clever

be sly

two faced

deceitful sneaky

on a high degree

subtile

cunning person

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/slaɪ/

Inherited from Middelengels

Cognate with IJslands

Cognate with Noors - Nynorsk

Cognate with Saterfries

Cognate with Nederlands

Cognate with Nedersaksisch

Cognate with Duits

In summary

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”). Cognate with Icelandic slægur (“crafty, sly”), Norwegian Nynorsk sløg (“sly”). Related to sleight, slay. In all likelihood, however, unrelated with Saterland Frisian slau (“sly, crafty”), Dutch sluw (“sly, cunning”), Low German slu (“sly, cunning”), German schlau (“clever, crafty”).

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