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slyness

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noun
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As a noun, slyness means the state or quality of being sly.

Meanings of slyness

3 meanings

noun

  1. The state or quality of being sly.

    “With his natural slyness, he was able to talk his way out of trouble.”

  2. The result or product of being sly.

  3. Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

    Similar: craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, wiliness

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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noun: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
craftcraftinesscunningfoxinessguilewiliness

Words that rhyme with slyness

highnessminussinusshynessdrynesswryness

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