sly

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

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.

Adv

Slyly.

Concepten

listig

gewiekst

slim

doortrapt

uitgeslapen

sluw

geniepig

geslepen

voskleurig

arglistig

geraffineerd

glad

uitgekookt

leep

achterbaks

Synoniemen

cunning

crafty

wily

shrewd

tricky

clever

foxy

artful

astute

smart

dodgy

canny

sharp

nimble

shifty

skillful

cautious

calculating

devious

cagey

sneaky

deceitful

slick

dishonest

knavish

guileful

arch

furtive

underhanded

vulpine

leery

underhand

tricksy

mischievous

be clever

treacherous

pawky

subtle

be sly

insidious

evasive

slim

secretive

scheming

fraudulent

resourceful

practic

two faced

scampish

trappy

Vertalingen

schlau

rusé

listig

furbo

astuto

malin

astuto

scaltro

gewitzt

gewiegt

abgefeimt

arglistig

gerissen

astucieux

astuto

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/slaɪ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: sly

Verwant aan IJslands: slægur

Verwant aan Noors - Nynorsk: sløg

Verwant aan Saterfries: slau

Verwant aan Nederlands: sluw

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: slu

Verwant aan Duits: schlau

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”). Doublet of sleight and slöjd