Slyest vs Sliest - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between slyest and sliest

is that slyest is superlative of sly while sliest is superlative of sly.

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(Webster 1913)

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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.

* artful * cunning * knowing * sharp * crafty * shrewd * shifty * sly as a fox * slim * wily * See also

* sly as a fox * slyboots * slyness

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