Alert and Sly

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Alert adjective - Paying close attention usually for the purpose of anticipating approaching danger or opportunity.

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Sly and alert are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sly" instead an adjective "Alert".

Nearby Words: alertness, alerted, alerting, alerter

Sly adjective - Clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means.

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Alert and sly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alert" instead an adjective "Sly".

Nearby Words: slyness, slyly

In Sly Wits Paradise, an Ursa Major passed by in the Unicorn territory, causing the whole herd to go into Red Alert mode.

Source: Bears Are Bad News

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