Sly and Ulterior

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

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

Nearby Words: slyness, slyly

Ulterior adjective - Lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed).

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Sly and ulterior are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Sly" with "Ulterior", this adjectives are similar.

Nearby Word: ulteriorly

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