Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In an ingenious or cunning manner; skilfully.
  • In an artful manner; with dexterous or ingenious secrecy; craftily.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a sly manner; shrewdly; craftily.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb obsolete Dexterously, skilfully.
  • adverb In a sly manner, cunningly.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in an artful manner

Etymologies

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From sly +‎ -ly.

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