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Slyer vs Plyer - What's the difference?

slyer | plyer |

As an adjective slyer

is (sly).

As a noun plyer is

a kind of balance used in raising and letting down a drawbridge it consists of timbers joined in the form of a.

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

    External links

    * *

    Adverb

  • Slyly.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    plyer

    English

    Noun

    (plyers)
  • A kind of balance used in raising and letting down a drawbridge. It consists of timbers joined in the form of a .

    • Anagrams

    *