Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete form of
sly .
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Examples
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O my child! and slie clasped her arms about her Clementina.
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The girl vi-as surprised at his unexpected goodness; and had slie not been ac-tually nailed down by the solemnity, v/ould very probably have again resumed her heroics.
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Her heart, she said, as well as the heart of her young lady, boded an unhappy issue to our loves: Heaven avert it! said the honest woman: but what may we not fear by way of judgment, where a young lady Forgive me, Sir prefers a man slie thinks she ought not to prefer; and where a gentleman will not be convinced of errors which the church condemns?
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Harriet, the moment she came down, flew to her grandmamma, and kneeled to her, Sir Charles sup-porting her as slie kneeled, and as she arose.
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She was for removing to some distance from town, where slie thought she could be more private.
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When it was almost day, she heard a great noise of people travailing by, whereupon sodainly slie arose, and ranne into a
The Decameron 2004
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Heereupon, the Gentlewoman her selfe, became the solicitour to her Father and Mother, telling them plainly, that slie was willing to be the Wife of Anastasio: which newes did so highly content them, that upon the Sunday next following, the marriage was very worthily solemnized, and they lived and loved together very kindly.
The Decameron 2004
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The President announced today his intent to appoint L.slie L. Byrne to be Director of the Office of Consumer Affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Byrne To Direct Consumer Affairs Office At Hhs ITY National Archives 1996
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L.slie L. Byrne of Falls Church, Virginia, is currently a writer, lecturer and business consultant on political and governmental issues.
Byrne To Direct Consumer Affairs Office At Hhs ITY National Archives 1996
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But slie soon came to realize that Haniko Hanami needed to unburden herself of secrets she had too long carried unaided in her breast, and Tomi's heart softened in acknowledgement of her plight.
The White Ninja Lustbader, Eric 1990
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