slyly
adverb
uk/ˈslaɪ.li/us/ˈslaɪ.li/in a way thatsuggeststhat youknowsecrets:
Shegrinnedslyly andrefusedtotellme where themoneycame from.
Theylookas if they'rerememberingajoke,grinningslyly to themselves.
in acleverway,especiallywhen itdeceivespeopleinorderto get what youwant:
Twopoliceofficerscatchthem, but thecriminalsslylyexplaintheirway out of it.
a slylysubversivenewbookforchildrenfour to eightyearsold
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sly
- Hewinkedslyly at Erika.
- Hejokesa lot, slyly and veryquietly.
- It is a veryfunnyand slylywell-writtenmonologue.
Secrecy and privacy
- anonymity
- anonymization
- anonymize
- anonymous
- anonymously
- cryptography
- data protection
- dead men tell no talesidiom
- dissimulate
- dissimulation
- privacy settings
- private
- privately
- privileged
- pseudonym
- undisclosed
- whitewash
- whitewashing
- wrap
- wrapped (up) in secrecyidiom