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SLY

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Traducere în limba română

sly I. adjectiv

1. şiret, viclean;

sly dog vulpoi, vulpe bătrână, prefăcut.

2. glumeţ, ironic;

sly humour umor fin.

sly II. substantiv

on the sly pe ascuns, pe furiş, pe şest.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Because you are so sly about it yourself, you think nobody else has any senses; but it is no such thing, I can tell you, for it has been known all over town this ever so long.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

I can answer for it that Miss Dashwood's is not, said Mrs. Jennings, laughing heartily; for he is one of the modestest, prettiest behaved young men I ever saw; but as for Lucy, she is such a sly little creature, there is no finding out who SHE likes.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

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