·adv Slyly.
II. Sly ·vt Light or delicate; slight; thin.
III. Sly ·vt Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
IV. Sly ·vt Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick.
V. Sly ·vt Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing;
— in a good sense.