Bad and Sly

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Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.

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

Nearby Words: badly, badness

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

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

Nearby Words: slyness, slyly

Sly 2: Band of Thieves saw the return of Clockwerk, but in pieces, so it disqualifies him from Big Bad status.

Source: Big Bad / Video Games
As with Zenigata in Lupin III, Sly normally sets the bad guy he's up against to be arrested by Carmelita after he's done with them, while he escapes.

Source: Franchise / Sly Cooper
Nicolas Slominsky, who is almost as famed for his sly sense of humor as his considerable contributions to musicology, compiled an entire book of bad reviews: A Lexicon of Musical Invective.

Source: Caustic Critic

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