Base and Sly

Base

Base adjective - Not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency.

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

Nearby Words: basic, basal, based, baseline, baseball

Sly

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

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

Nearby Words: slyness, slyly

Both words in one sentence

  • Cats Hate Water Sly 2: Band of Thieves, the main characters plan to force the villainous tiger Rajan out of hiding by flooding his base, specifically because cats hate water.
  • Literature / Foundation The trader's associates question the ruler's demand for gold (why would he want something that useless, and why would someone base currency on it?), but sell him a machine which can transmute base metals into gold on the sly.
  • Franchise / Sly Cooper This is part of why Sly Cooper has a large adult fan base.
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