Simple and Sly

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Simple adjective - Free from any intent to deceive or impress others.

Usage example: growing up in simple innocence

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Sly is an antonym for simple.

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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Simple is an antonym for sly in clever topic.

Nearby Words: slyness, slyly

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