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What is the adjective for slily?

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sly
  1. Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
  2. (having a positive sense) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing
  3. Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
  4. Light or delicate; slight; thin.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “Ray was oblivious to my cunning and sly plan, and I kept it that way.”
      “Stan nodded conspiratorially, a sly grin creeping over his face.”
      “Gabriel took a sly step toward the First Lady, and she dipped her head for the benefit of the gathered reporters.”
slyish
  1. Somewhat sly.
slyer
  1. comparative form of sly: more sly
  2. Examples:
    1. “Michaela Conlin has a slyer kind of humor plus she's ridiculously beautiful though she seems not to know that.”
      “When exceptional circumstances compel me to take an opposite course, there isn't a slyer fox alive than I am.”
      “Colbert is a know-it-all as well, but he's a warmer, slyer, and more nimble figure than his predecessors, having forged a parodic persona that lets him make outrage look elegant.”
slyest
  1. superlative form of sly: most sly
  2. Examples:
    1. “Fanny's glance was the slyest thing in nature, and was given in perfect fear and trembling.”
      “He makes merry over the weaknesses of those who follow the craft of Old Izaak, always with the slyest of genial manners.”
      “Because he is tied to one of the deepest, slyest foxes in the whole city of London.”
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