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Canning vs Sly - What's the difference?

canning | sly |

As a verb canning

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun canning

is the process of preserving food by heat processing in a sealed vessel (a sealed jar or can).

As a proper noun Canning

is {{surname}.

As an adjective sly is

artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

As an adverb sly is

slyly.

canning

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia canning) (-)
  • The process of preserving food by heat processing in a sealed vessel (a sealed jar or can).

    • sly

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Adjective

  • Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
  • Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; — in a good sense.
  • Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick.
  • Light or delicate; slight; thin.

    • Synonyms

    * artful * cunning * knowing * sharp * crafty * shrewd * shifty * sly as a fox * slim * wily * See also

    Derived terms

    * sly as a fox * slyboots * slyness

    External links

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    Adverb

  • Slyly.

    • Anagrams

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