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Slyness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being sly. uncountable

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

  2. 2
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception wordnet
  3. 3
    The result or product of being sly. countable

Etymology

From Middle English slynesse. By surface analysis, sly + -ness.

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