Good and Sly

Good

Good adjective - Based on sound reasoning or information.

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

Nearby Words: goodness, goodly, goody

Sly

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

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

Nearby Words: slyness, slyly

Both words in one sentence

  • Franchise / Sly Cooper Sly: As good as that sounds, how about a dance first?
  • In Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, Penelope Mouse spends a good portion of the game crushing on Sly, before she settles with Bentley instead.
  • Comic Book / Bone The red dragon is forbidden to Deus ex Machina things for the good guys, but he tries to help and guide them on the sly.
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