Guarded and Sly

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Guarded adjective - Having or showing a close attentiveness to avoiding danger or trouble.

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

Nearby Words: guard, guardedly, guarding

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

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

Nearby Words: slyness, slyly

In Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time, to get past a heavily guarded door, Carmelita disguises herself as a belly dancer and performed a dance to distract the guards allowing Sly and the others to get through.

Source: Belly Dancer

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