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Hitman vs Slyer - What's the difference?

hitman | slyer |

As a noun hitman

is a contract killer; especially one paid by mafia.

As an adjective slyer is

(sly).

hitman

English

Noun

(hitmen)
  • A contract killer; especially one paid by mafia.
  • (soccer) goalscorer, someone who scores goals.
  • slyer

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (sly)
  • Anagrams

    * *

    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

    Adverb

  • Slyly.
  • Anagrams

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