sly
adjective
cunning or wily.
slyest
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superlativeof sly.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Where The White Lotus ends up, is, in some ways, the slyest joke of all.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2021
Still, even through the layers of our contemporary hindsight, the slyest moments of Weinberger’s score make a convincing argument for the piece.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2020
Peter Debruge in Variety noted "of all the satirists working in cinema today, Östlund displays perhaps the slyest streak of dark humor."
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2014
Where the network’s “True Detective” occasionally broke its dolefulness with the slyest, philosophically artful wink at an audience riveted by its mystery, “The Leftovers” grafts more unhappiness onto unhappiness.
From Washington Post
He had the slyest eyes I have ever seen; that peculiar shifty glance which invariably sets one against an individual.
From With Zola in England by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
