adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a sly grin
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A sly grin crossed his face.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
grin
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A sly grin crossed his face as he thought of an alternative billet in which to spend what remained of the night.
smile
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Herbie's face had also lit in a sly smile as Mary had passed.
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He was relieved when he saw Earnhardt's trademark sly smile .
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Wickham saw Marshall's sly smile and understood what he was thinking.
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By his sly smile , I think this is the one he intended.
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All those gloating women looking down into his grave, whispering their sisterly secrets behind their sly smiles .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A sly look crossed his face when Patsy mentioned the money.
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Children of that age can be very sly .
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Eliot looked sly and deceitful, as though he wasn't telling us the whole truth.
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He's a sly old devil isn't he! Nobody knew he had as much money as that!
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My parents didn't approve, but we continued to meet on the sly .
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The sly old Congressman knows what it takes to get elected.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He wanted to forget that she was sly and spiteful and malicious.
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How the sly one squeaked, howled, sizzled, hissed, and swelled his hairy carapace!
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I began to dislike her; she looked sly and I felt indignant that she'd spoken to me like that.
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I won't be party to your bitching yourself on the sly .
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Manshin Anjima gave me a sly look and wrote down the name of her cemetery.
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Mitchell was shocked to see the man signaling him with sly winks.