Sly and Witted

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

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

Nearby Words: slyness, slyly

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Sly and witted are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Sly" instead an adjective "Witted".

A "typical" Ukrainian wears national (peasant) dress, eats lard and salo (pork fat) in unbelievable amounts, drinks horilka (Ukrainian answer to vodka), speaks in Funetik Aksent and is dim-witted and sly at the same time.

Source: National Stereotypes / Eastern Europe

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