slyly

1. 1.

   in an artful manner

   “he craftily arranged to be there when the decision was announced”

   “had ever circumstances conspired so cunningly?”

   Synonymscraftilycunninglyfoxilyknavishlytrickilyartfully

Questions about slyly

What does slyly mean?

slyly means "in an artful manner".

How many syllables are in slyly?

slyly has 2 syllables: sly-ly. The stress falls on "sly". In IPA it is /ˈslaɪli/.

What is another word for slyly?

Close synonyms include craftily, cunningly, foxily, knavishly, trickily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is slyly a common word?

slyly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.