Deadpan and Sly

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Deadpan adjective - Not expressing any emotion.

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

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

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

Nearby Words: slyness, slyly

Deadpan Snarker: Most of the narrator's scribbles on her notepad are sly jokes or sardonic snark, but no one understands it most of the time.

Source: Literature / Invisible Monsters
Deadpan Snarker: Imogene is a lot less high-strung than most of the cast, but has no trouble poking fun at them in her own sly way.

Source: Webcomic / Nexus
It's also hinted that Goren might have a bit of a thing for Deadpan Snarker Margrid the Sly.

Source: Video Game / Guild Wars

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