Pretty
Sly
Sly adjective - Clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Sly Stone, like the Layne Staley example above, stopped his music career to pretty much spend his time doing drugs.
Source: Reclusive Artist -
Block Puzzle: A pretty simple one is one of the obstacles Sly overcomes when breaking Tennessee out of prison.
- 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
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