Slyness
Slyness noun - Skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means.
Usage example: the slyness with which the FBI agent infiltrated the subversive organization was indeed impressive
Slickness and slyness are semantically related In some cases you can use "Slickness" instead a noun "Slyness".
Slickness
Slickness noun - Skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means.
Usage example: we were both impressed and outraged by the expert slickness with which the swindler fooled us
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Synonyms for Slickness
Slyness and slickness are semantically related in artfulness topic. You can use "Slyness" instead a noun "Slickness".
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Related pairs
- artifice and slyness
- artifice and slickness
- cunning and slyness
- cunning and slickness
- craft and slyness
- craft and slickness
- shrewdness and slyness
- shrewdness and slickness
- trickery and slyness
- trickery and slickness
- deceit and slyness
- deceit and slickness
- craftiness and slyness
- craftiness and slickness
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