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Scheming vs Sly - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between scheming and sly

is that scheming is tending to scheme while sly is artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

As a verb scheming

is present participle of lang=en.

As an adverb sly is

slyly.

scheming

English

Verb

(head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (pejorative) Tending to .
  • 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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