slyness

Meaning

1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being sly.
2. (countable) The result or product of being sly.

Synonyms

cunning

craftiness

guile

craft

wiliness

archness

cunningness

cleverness

shrewdness

trick

trickishness

artfulness

trickery

trickiness

ruse

deception

resourcefulness

foxiness

cheating

trappiness

astuteness

canniness

crookedness

deviousness

dissimulation

fallacy

hold

insidiousness

knavery

roguery

roguishness

secrecy

shenanigan

skullduggery

subtleness

subtlety

wile

skuldyggery

Translations

astuzia

ruse

astuce

slimheid

doortraptheid

versutia

πανουργία

sournoiserie

κατεργαριά

πονηριά

Durchtriebenheit

Schlauheit

fourberie

rouerie

geslepenheid

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: slynesse

In summary

From Middle English slynesse. By surface analysis, sly + -ness.