slyer
- comparative of sly.
Example Sentences
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Like most musicals, his and Bock’s keep circling the subject, but with a slyer view of the rage and redemption that go into it.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
And in one of the film’s slyer jokes, the hip-hop song “White Boy Summer” by their son Chet Hanks is used to personify a certain kind of clueless obliviousness in others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
And other late-night hosts also frankly and straightforwardly used the word on Monday, which was refreshing—though some were slyer about its usage than others.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2019
They don’t do so as self-righteous scolds or as stuffed shirts; they’re slyer than that, more entertaining.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2012
He laughs again, and the nasty laugh admits I’m slyer than he guessed.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
