adj. Function: adjective
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Synonyms: CLEVER 4, adroit, canny, ||coony, cunning, dexterous, ingenious, ||sleighty, slim
Related Words: smart; cagey; masterful
2 attaining or seeking to attain one's ends by devious means FF1C; a sly way of upping sales FF1E;
Synonyms: artful, astute, crafty, cunning, deep, ||downy, foxy, guileful, insidious, subdolous, subtle, tricky, vulpine, wily; compare UNDERHAND
Related Words: disingenuous, unfrank; calculating, designing, Machiavellian, scheming; cagey, devious, shady, shifty, ||slanter, slick, slippery, smooth; clandestine, covert, furtive, stealthy; underhand, underhanded, unscrupulous; predatory; crooked, dishonest
Idioms: crazy like a fox, cunning as a fox ( or serpent), sly as a fox
Contrasted Words: candid, forthright, frank, honest, open, sincere, straightforward