sly
Middle English
/sliː/
adj
Definitions
- Judicious, considered, shrewd; having or indicative of great wisdom.
- Adept, expert, quality; having or indicative of great expertise.
- sly, artful, wily; employing or being an example of deception.
- (rare) Attractive; having good looks.
- (rare) Unknown or hidden.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse slœgr (sly) derived from Proto-Germanic *slōgiz (sly, able to strike, cunning, agile, striking, clever, lively).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*slōgiz
Gloss
sly, able to strike, cunning, agile, striking, clever, lively
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sliness English
- sly English
- slyboots English
- slyish English
- slyly English
- slyness English
- unsly English
- *slak- Proto-Indo-European
- *slōgiz Proto-Germanic
- sløg Norwegian Nynorsk
- sleighly Middle English
- slynesse Middle English
- slægr Old Norse
- slœgleikr Old Norse
- slœgr Old Norse
- slœgð Old Norse
- slægur Icelandic
- slei Welsh