Synonyms for "slyness" (31 found)

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Closest matches (7)

Noun(1 words)

craftiness

artartfulnessartificecanninessclevernesscraft

Strong matches (9)

Noun(4 words)

craftcunningfoxinessguile

craftinessdeceitfinessefurtivenessgamesmanship

Related words (15)

inventivenessone upmanshipprowlreadinesssharpnessshrewdnesssophistrystalkingstealthsubtletytrickerywilewit

Noun(2 words)

subtletywiliness

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

4 entries

astutenessperspicaciousnessperspicacityshrewdness

Synonyms

2 entries

craftcraftiness

derived from

1 entries

sly

related to

1 entries

sly

Translations

4 translations across 3 languages.

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Basque

1 entries

• azerikeria noun (quality of being sly)

Middle English

1 entries

• slynesse noun (quality of being sly)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

• شیطانلق noun (quality of being sly)
• قورنازلق noun (quality of being sly)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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

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