Greedy and Sly

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Greedy adjective - Having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions.

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

Nearby Words: greed, greediness, greedily

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

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

Nearby Words: slyness, slyly

Sly Winkle of California Dreams was pretty much this, even though he had a greedy streak and was a literal embodiment of The Complainer Is Always Wrong.

Source: Butt Monkey / Live-Action TV
A dream-sequence (or was it?) episode where the gang puts Sly on trial for being the most selfish and greedy person in the world.

Source: Series / California Dreams
Three of them (Looten Plunder, Sly Sludge and Hoggish Greedly) were just greedy international corporate raiders, especially Greedly and Plunder.

Source: Terrorists Without a Cause

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