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Meaning of slily | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B1

Definitions

Alternative spelling of slyly.

alt-of, alternative

Examples

“VVhen ſhe vvas dreſt, therefore, dovvn ſhe vvent, reſolved to encounter all the Horrours of the Day, and a moſt diſagreeable one it proved; for Lady Bellaſton took every opportunity very civilly and ſlily to inſult her; […]”
“So when they were working that evening at the pumps, there was on this head no small gamesomeness slily going on among them, as they stood with their feet continually overflowed by the rippling clear water; […]”
“I lie there on the stretcher-bed and laugh slily, but say nothing; give vent to no opinion one way or the other.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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