Mysterious vs Sly - What's the difference?
mysterious | sly | Related terms |
Of unknown origin.
Having unknown qualities.
Difficult to understand.
Deliberately evasive or enigmatic.
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.
Slyly.
Mysterious is a related term of sly.
As adjectives the difference between mysterious and sly
is that mysterious is of unknown origin while sly is artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.As an adverb sly is
slyly.mysterious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He received a mysterious phone call this morning.
- Our boss is a mysterious man who hardly ever meets with us.
- Why he left without saying goodbye is quite mysterious .
- Stop being mysterious and just tell me what you want.