Cute and Sly

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

Usage example: she's very nice, but she's not afraid to get cute when there's something she wants

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

Nearby Word: cutely

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

Usage example: the movie pairs a sly, dissembling ex-con with an upstanding, straight-arrow cop

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

Nearby Words: slyness, slyly

Raccoons' cute masked faces have led to countless fictional depictions as sly, thieving (though usually cute and cuddly) tricksters.

Source: Rascally Raccoon
Their children will be girls in poodle skirts, playing with hula hoops or early Barbie dolls or cute freckle faced boys with slingshots in their pockets and read comic books on the sly.

Source: Small Reference Pools / Real Life

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