Skittish vs Sly - What's the difference?
skittish | sly |
Easily scared or startled; timid.
wanton; changeable; fickle
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.
As adjectives the difference between skittish and sly
is that skittish is easily scared or startled; timid while sly is artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.As an adverb sly is
slyly.skittish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The cat likes people he knows, but he is skittish around strangers.
- Skittish Fortune's hall. — Shakespeare.