Antonyms for slyness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : slahy

Phonetic Transcription : slaɪ

Definition of slyness

Origin : mid-14c., from sly (adj.) + -ness.

noun indirection
noun artfulness

Example sentences :

We shall learn if slyness and treachery are to be defeated by fair-going and honour.
Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane

It was like a child, frightened into slyness, coaxing its mother.
Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett

He combines the ferocity of the tiger, the slyness of the fox, and the shape of a monkey.
Extract from : « The Kentucky Ranger » by Edward T. Curnick

She had read him and was openly rejoicing in what she thought his slyness.
Extract from : « The Call of the Blood » by Robert Smythe Hichens

Now, however, the diabolical reason of his slyness was apparent.
Extract from : « The heart of happy hollow » by Paul Laurence Dunbar

She had been steeped in slyness from her early infancy by a sly mother.
Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Beauchamp was not insensible to the slyness of the poke at him.
Extract from : « Beauchamp's Career, Complete » by George Meredith

And some, like Florence, move with the slyness and softness of a cat.
Extract from : « The Crystal Ball » by Roy J. Snell

For general reason, frankness is not a better quality than slyness.
Extract from : « The Positive Outcome of Philosophy » by Joseph Dietzgen

I should like to know what you think of yourself now with your slyness and deceit?
Extract from : « Margaret Vincent » by Sophia Lucy Clifford

Synonyms for slyness

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