Open and Sly

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Open

Open adjective - Allowing passage without obstruction.
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Sly is an antonym for open in frank topic.
Nearby Words: opening, openness, opened, opener

Sly

Sly adjective - Clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means.
Usage example: the movie pairs a sly, dissembling ex-con with an upstanding, straight-arrow cop
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Open is an antonym for sly in topics: cunning, clever.
Nearby Words: slyness, slyly
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  • This boy's lack was the subject of sly whispers from the adults, and open jeering from his peers.
    Source: Creator / David Gemmell
  • Strapped to a Bomb In Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, General Tsao's mooks tie Murray to a bomb when he tries to pry open a gas-filled booby trapped box during a mission, resulting in Penelope sending her RC to save him.
    Source: Strapped to a Bomb
  • Criminal Amnesiac The variation comes when an epilogue scene reveals that Sly doesn't actually have amnesia, and is just faking it to get out of the thieving business, which also left the series open enough for a sequel.
    Source: Criminal Amnesiac
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