Pretty and Sly

Pretty

Pretty adjective - Giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses.

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

Nearby Words: prettily, prettied, prettying

Sly

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

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

Nearby Words: slyness, slyly

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.
  • Video Game / Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time 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.
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