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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