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Slyness vs Deviousness - What's the difference?

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Slyness is a related term of deviousness.


As nouns the difference between slyness and deviousness

is that slyness is (uncountable) the state or quality of being being sly while deviousness is the characteristic of being devious; sneakiness; underhandedness.

slyness

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being being sly.
    • ''With his natural slyness , he was able to talk his way out of trouble.
  • (countable) The result or product of being sly.

    • Synonyms

    * craftiness

    deviousness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The characteristic of being devious; sneakiness; underhandedness.