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Masked vs Sly - What's the difference?

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Masked is a related term of sly.


As adjectives the difference between masked and sly

is that masked is wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; concealed; hidden while sly is artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

As a verb masked

is (mask).

As an adverb sly is

slyly.

masked

English

Alternative forms

* masqued (archaic)

Verb

(head)
  • (mask)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; concealed; hidden.
  • (botany) personate
  • (zoology) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.

    • Derived terms

    * masked ball * masked battery * masked crab * masked pig

    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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