Fly-by-night
Fly-by-night adjective - (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous.
Sly and fly-by-night are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sly" instead an adjective phrase "Fly-by-night".
Sly
Sly adjective - Clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means.
Fly-by-night and sly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fly-by-night" instead an adjective "Sly".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- crafty and fly-by-night
- crafty and sly
- dishonest and fly-by-night
- dishonest and sly
- unscrupulous and fly-by-night
- unscrupulous and sly
- crooked and fly-by-night
- crooked and sly
- slippery and fly-by-night
- slippery and sly
- treacherous and fly-by-night
- treacherous and sly
- shady and fly-by-night
- shady and sly
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