slily
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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Then, slily combining his oldtime East Side accent with the local vernacular, he said: "I hope to meet yez-all personally before I leave."
From Time Magazine Archive
You, at any rate, are not ashamed,' he continued slily, 'of going to tay with your mammy, or of perambulating by the say with a colleen asthore!
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
"I hope she may always remain so," Lady Lansdowne answered slily.
From Chippinge Borough by Weyman, Stanley J.
She slily compare him with De Willows, and wondered how nature could have contrived to form two creatures so different from each other.
From Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 by Bonhote, Elizabeth
“I feel just as if I needed a—nosegay,” said Tavia, laughing slily.
From Dorothy Dale in the City by Penrose, Margaret
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