Sly and Wild

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

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

Nearby Words: slyness, slyly

Wild adjective - Living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans.

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Sly and wild are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Sly" instead an adjective "Wild".

Nearby Words: wildly, wilding, wilde

The result is a globe-trotting rollercoaster ride of action, friendship, betrayal, wild plot twists, and a small leavening of sly humor.

Source: Anime / Read or Die
Made even better by a previous sly little shot shown between Shiki and Shirou running about trying to please everyone: the shot shows Shiki confidently taking off his glasses to combat a wild bear he meets in the woods on his way to seeing one of the girls.

Source: Anime / Carnival Phantasm
Even with in the hands of a new company, this trope shows up in the Wild West level of Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time, but this time, you serve Bentley's homemade sarsaparilla at a bar.

Source: Frothy Mugs of Water

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