slylyadv.

Brit.

/ˈslʌɪli/, U.S.

/ˈslaɪli/

Forms: α. Middle English slah-, Middle English slehliche, sleȝlych; Middle English sleȝ- (Middle English sleeȝ-, Middle English sleȝe-), Middle English sleghly, sleghli; Middle English sleiȝli, Middle English sleiȝly; Middle English–1500s sleighely. β. Middle English slely (Middle English scle-), 1500s slelie; Middle English sleyli, sleyly; sleili, Middle English sleily, 1500s sleilye, Scottish slealie, slealye, Middle English–1500s Scottish1700s– sleely. γ. Middle English slyhly, slihly, Middle English sliȝli (Middle English sliȝlich), Middle English slyȝly, 1500s slygh(e)ly, slighly. δ. Middle English slilich, Middle English– slily (1500s slilye, 1600s sliely). ε. Middle English slylich, Middle English– slyly (Middle English slyely).

Etymology: < sly adj. + -ly suffix². Compare Old Norse slœ́gliga, Middle Swedish slögeliga.

1. †(a) Cleverly, skilfully, dexterously; wisely. Obsolete. (b) Cunningly, artfully; covertly, secretly, stealthily, quietly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [adverb]

craftilyeOE

craftlyOE

smeighlyc1200

slylyc1275

quaintlyc1300

wittily1362

cunninglyc1385

subtilelyc1405

knowinglyc1450

industriouslyc1487

ingeniously1548

cleanly1583

intelligently1601

dexterously1605

conceitedly1606

cleverly1654

gnostically1823

comprehendingly1866

brainily1905

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adverb] > skilfully or adroitly

slylyc1275

sly1370

featly1436

addresslya1500

sleightly?c1510

clean1531

trickly1542

neatlya1547

trick1564

cleanly1583

cleverly1654

clever1664

adroitly1695

adeptly1804

slick1825

shrewdly1851

cleverishly1881

slickly1893

niftily1901

eptly1974

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adverb]

foxlyc1175

craftilyc1225

craftlyc1225

slylyc1275

fellyc1300

quaintc1300

quaintlyc1325

sleightlyc1330

subtly1340

sly1370

espyinglya1382

wisely1390

wililya1400

wilyc1400

subtilelyc1405

ginnouslya1425

semylyc1440

serpentlya1450

small?c1450

cautelously1477

politicly1477

sleightfullyc1480

artificiously1536

insidiously1545

sleightily1549

artificially1566

cunningly1603

versutely1616

artfully1631

subdolously1638

serpentinely1656

slimlya1680

pawkily1714

politically1764

trickfullyc1790

trickishly1824

leerily1859

dodgily1868

trickily1895

foxily1933

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adverb]

softlyc1225

by stalea1240

privilya1250

slylyc1275

thieflyc1290

stealingly13..

by stealth1390

stalworthlya1400

theftfullyc1400

theftlyc1400

theftuouslyc1400

under veilc1425

thievishly?c1450

by theft1488

quietly1488

furtively1490

by surreption1526

hugger-muggera1529

in hugger-mugger1529

underhand1538

insidiously1545

creepingly1548

surreptiously1573

underboard1582

filchingly1583

sneakingly1598

underwater1600

slipperily1603

thief-likea1625

clandestinely1632

surreptitiously1643

thievously1658

clancularly1699

stownlins1786

stealthily1806

underhandedly1806

stolen-wise1813

on (upon, under, or by) the sly1818

round-the-corner1820

underhanded1823

stealthfully1828

slinkingly1830

slippingly1830

on the sneak?1863

sneakishly1867

behind backs1874

stalkingly1891

on the side1893

under the counter1926

underground1935

under the table1938

down and dirty1959

sneakily1966

α.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4282 He ferde ut of Doure..in-to ane muchele slæde. & slahliche his folc hudde.

?c1370 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 83 He ful soft and sleighely gan hire seye, ‘Now hold youre day’.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3509 Þan þay be-speken how he myȝt Sleȝlych a-scape out of þe syȝt.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 107 For to slee hym slehliche slehthes ich by-þenke.

a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 4 Answere he sleiȝly to thingis y-asked, that he be noȝt y-take in his wordes.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12690 [Þai] letyn sailes doune slide sleghli & faire.

β. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9404 In paradis he did him rest, And sleili slepe apon him kest.c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 913 The lady rauȝte A fair ymage and him by-tauȝte, And bad him sclely with him bere.c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) lxxi. 390 Was neuer soule so slely wonne and sauyd.1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xix. 538 On the ferrer syd Toward thame slely can he ryd.1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. vi. 77 Slelie with ane knyfe, Or he was war, [he] reft Sicheus the lyfe.1584 Leg. Bp. St. Androis 909 Maister Jhone Dowglass weill can tell, How slealie he deceavit him sell.1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets iv. 26 [She] sleely when he did appear, About his Success 'gan to speer.γ. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 792 He slod sliȝli a-doun a-slepe ful harde.1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 130 So slihly cam it noght aboute That thei ne ben discoevered oute.1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iv. 4507 Lo, how þe serpent of discord can glyde Ful slyȝly in.c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 194 The feend hath deceyued sliȝli and wijlily men..whiche han worschipid ymagis.a1470 Dives & Pauper (1496) i. lxiv. 108/2 How pryuely and how slyghely they may begyle her euen crysten.1580 Sir H. Cobham in Cal. State Papers, For., Eliz. 143 [There are ways and means used] slieghly.δ. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 41 Me may nouȝt seile by þis swolwe but slily at þe ful see.1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xii. 266 Dauid þe douhty þat deuynede how vrye Mighte slilokeste be slayn.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 11231 Bot sliliker he come and ȝede.1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 3 Here in these confines slilie haue I lurkt. 1676 W. Hubbard Happiness of People 58 Yet doth this sin slily insinuate it self into the heart of the forwardest Professors.1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iv. 273 The Letter dropped under the Bank on which he sate rowing,..but a Spanish Renegado..took it up slily.1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. vi. 199 They slily crouded behind the door,..ready to issue, in an instant.1833 H. Martineau Charmed Sea vii. 111 But would they not be slily kept for money?1869 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. May 550 The Chorus, secretly reassured and slily hopeful.in extended use.1651 W. Davenant Gondibert iii. ii. 17 Beneath that shade Two Rivers slily steal.1686 J. Moyle Abstr. Chirurgiæ Marinæ x. 113 A Catarrh is a Rhume that has taken a habit of trickling slily down the Aspera arteria.ε. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Ariadne. 2045 So slyly & so wel I shal me gye.a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 91 Þey feyneþ for to flee..þat þey mowe þe slyloker here enemyes wynne and slee.a1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 554 Thenne moste þou slyly Aske of hem [etc.].1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iv. ii. 168 Hit is necessarye that he goo temperatly and slyly.1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cci Deth dayly steleth slyely on the.1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 i. i. 3 Whilst we pursude the horsemen of the North, He slilie stole awaie.1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 185 Which he slyly passeth by, and maketh not a word of.1738 J. Fisher Inestimable Value Div. Truth (1803) 10 These set themselves in opposition to all Confessions, whether more openly or more slyly.1812 G. Crabbe Tales xiii. 237 So we can slyly our amusements take.1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art (1850) 87 A boy is slyly appropriating the money which the apostle has thrown down.1878 in G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 32 Fate follows faster And snares us slyly from behind.

2. In a playfully mischievous or malicious manner; with a touch of malice or ridicule; roguishly, waggishly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > playful mischievousness > [adverb]

mischievously1730

naughtily1827

slyly1837

impishly1864

sassily1883

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > mischievous or practical joking > [adverb]

waggishly1616

archly1712

slyly1837

roguishly1863

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxx. 321 The clerk winked slily at Mr. Pickwick.

1873 M. Collins Squire Silchester I. iii. 42 ‘It might tempt some people’, said Mrs. Silchester slyly.

†3. Used for slightly adv. 4 (Perhaps an error.)

ΚΠ

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 71 Why the Lauin regions, and stock, he so slilye reputeth?

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 72 You buyld a cittye, youre owne state slilye regarding.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	slyly
释义	slylyadv. Brit. /ˈslʌɪli/, U.S. /ˈslaɪli/ Forms: α. Middle English slah-, Middle English slehliche, sleȝlych; Middle English sleȝ- (Middle English sleeȝ-, Middle English sleȝe-), Middle English sleghly, sleghli; Middle English sleiȝli, Middle English sleiȝly; Middle English–1500s sleighely. β. Middle English slely (Middle English scle-), 1500s slelie; Middle English sleyli, sleyly; sleili, Middle English sleily, 1500s sleilye, Scottish slealie, slealye, Middle English–1500s Scottish1700s– sleely. γ. Middle English slyhly, slihly, Middle English sliȝli (Middle English sliȝlich), Middle English slyȝly, 1500s slygh(e)ly, slighly. δ. Middle English slilich, Middle English– slily (1500s slilye, 1600s sliely). ε. Middle English slylich, Middle English– slyly (Middle English slyely). Etymology: < sly adj. + -ly suffix². Compare Old Norse slœ́gliga, Middle Swedish slögeliga. 1. †(a) Cleverly, skilfully, dexterously; wisely. Obsolete. (b) Cunningly, artfully; covertly, secretly, stealthily, quietly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [adverb] craftilyeOE craftlyOE smeighlyc1200 slylyc1275 quaintlyc1300 wittily1362 cunninglyc1385 subtilelyc1405 knowinglyc1450 industriouslyc1487 ingeniously1548 cleanly1583 intelligently1601 dexterously1605 conceitedly1606 cleverly1654 gnostically1823 comprehendingly1866 brainily1905 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adverb] > skilfully or adroitly slylyc1275 sly1370 featly1436 addresslya1500 sleightly?c1510 clean1531 trickly1542 neatlya1547 trick1564 cleanly1583 cleverly1654 clever1664 adroitly1695 adeptly1804 slick1825 shrewdly1851 cleverishly1881 slickly1893 niftily1901 eptly1974 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adverb] foxlyc1175 craftilyc1225 craftlyc1225 slylyc1275 fellyc1300 quaintc1300 quaintlyc1325 sleightlyc1330 subtly1340 sly1370 espyinglya1382 wisely1390 wililya1400 wilyc1400 subtilelyc1405 ginnouslya1425 semylyc1440 serpentlya1450 small?c1450 cautelously1477 politicly1477 sleightfullyc1480 artificiously1536 insidiously1545 sleightily1549 artificially1566 cunningly1603 versutely1616 artfully1631 subdolously1638 serpentinely1656 slimlya1680 pawkily1714 politically1764 trickfullyc1790 trickishly1824 leerily1859 dodgily1868 trickily1895 foxily1933 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adverb] softlyc1225 by stalea1240 privilya1250 slylyc1275 thieflyc1290 stealingly13.. by stealth1390 stalworthlya1400 theftfullyc1400 theftlyc1400 theftuouslyc1400 under veilc1425 thievishly?c1450 by theft1488 quietly1488 furtively1490 by surreption1526 hugger-muggera1529 in hugger-mugger1529 underhand1538 insidiously1545 creepingly1548 surreptiously1573 underboard1582 filchingly1583 sneakingly1598 underwater1600 slipperily1603 thief-likea1625 clandestinely1632 surreptitiously1643 thievously1658 clancularly1699 stownlins1786 stealthily1806 underhandedly1806 stolen-wise1813 on (upon, under, or by) the sly1818 round-the-corner1820 underhanded1823 stealthfully1828 slinkingly1830 slippingly1830 on the sneak?1863 sneakishly1867 behind backs1874 stalkingly1891 on the side1893 under the counter1926 underground1935 under the table1938 down and dirty1959 sneakily1966 α. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4282 He ferde ut of Doure..in-to ane muchele slæde. & slahliche his folc hudde. ?c1370 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 83 He ful soft and sleighely gan hire seye, ‘Now hold youre day’. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3509 Þan þay be-speken how he myȝt Sleȝlych a-scape out of þe syȝt. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 107 For to slee hym slehliche slehthes ich by-þenke. a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 4 Answere he sleiȝly to thingis y-asked, that he be noȝt y-take in his wordes. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12690 [Þai] letyn sailes doune slide sleghli & faire. β. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9404 In paradis he did him rest, And sleili slepe apon him kest.c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 913 The lady rauȝte A fair ymage and him by-tauȝte, And bad him sclely with him bere.c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) lxxi. 390 Was neuer soule so slely wonne and sauyd.1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xix. 538 On the ferrer syd Toward thame slely can he ryd.1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. vi. 77 Slelie with ane knyfe, Or he was war, [he] reft Sicheus the lyfe.1584 Leg. Bp. St. Androis 909 Maister Jhone Dowglass weill can tell, How slealie he deceavit him sell.1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets iv. 26 [She] sleely when he did appear, About his Success 'gan to speer.γ. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 792 He slod sliȝli a-doun a-slepe ful harde.1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 130 So slihly cam it noght aboute That thei ne ben discoevered oute.1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iv. 4507 Lo, how þe serpent of discord can glyde Ful slyȝly in.c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 194 The feend hath deceyued sliȝli and wijlily men..whiche han worschipid ymagis.a1470 Dives & Pauper (1496) i. lxiv. 108/2 How pryuely and how slyghely they may begyle her euen crysten.1580 Sir H. Cobham in Cal. State Papers, For., Eliz. 143 [There are ways and means used] slieghly.δ. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 41 Me may nouȝt seile by þis swolwe but slily at þe ful see.1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xii. 266 Dauid þe douhty þat deuynede how vrye Mighte slilokeste be slayn.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 11231 Bot sliliker he come and ȝede.1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 3 Here in these confines slilie haue I lurkt. View more context for this quotation1676 W. Hubbard Happiness of People 58 Yet doth this sin slily insinuate it self into the heart of the forwardest Professors.1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iv. 273 The Letter dropped under the Bank on which he sate rowing,..but a Spanish Renegado..took it up slily.1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. vi. 199 They slily crouded behind the door,..ready to issue, in an instant.1833 H. Martineau Charmed Sea vii. 111 But would they not be slily kept for money?1869 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. May 550 The Chorus, secretly reassured and slily hopeful.in extended use.1651 W. Davenant Gondibert iii. ii. 17 Beneath that shade Two Rivers slily steal.1686 J. Moyle Abstr. Chirurgiæ Marinæ x. 113 A Catarrh is a Rhume that has taken a habit of trickling slily down the Aspera arteria.ε. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Ariadne. 2045 So slyly & so wel I shal me gye.a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 91 Þey feyneþ for to flee..þat þey mowe þe slyloker here enemyes wynne and slee.a1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 554 Thenne moste þou slyly Aske of hem [etc.].1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iv. ii. 168 Hit is necessarye that he goo temperatly and slyly.1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cci Deth dayly steleth slyely on the.1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 i. i. 3 Whilst we pursude the horsemen of the North, He slilie stole awaie.1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 185 Which he slyly passeth by, and maketh not a word of.1738 J. Fisher Inestimable Value Div. Truth (1803) 10 These set themselves in opposition to all Confessions, whether more openly or more slyly.1812 G. Crabbe Tales xiii. 237 So we can slyly our amusements take.1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art (1850) 87 A boy is slyly appropriating the money which the apostle has thrown down.1878 in G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 32 Fate follows faster And snares us slyly from behind. 2. In a playfully mischievous or malicious manner; with a touch of malice or ridicule; roguishly, waggishly. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > playful mischievousness > [adverb] mischievously1730 naughtily1827 slyly1837 impishly1864 sassily1883 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > mischievous or practical joking > [adverb] waggishly1616 archly1712 slyly1837 roguishly1863 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxx. 321 The clerk winked slily at Mr. Pickwick. 1873 M. Collins Squire Silchester I. iii. 42 ‘It might tempt some people’, said Mrs. Silchester slyly. †3. Used for slightly adv. 4 (Perhaps an error.) ΚΠ 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 71 Why the Lauin regions, and stock, he so slilye reputeth? 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 72 You buyld a cittye, youre owne state slilye regarding. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.c1275
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