slyly
Example Sentences
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So yes, that sport you played in the school playground was slyly, quietly revolutionary.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The movie toggles between the two narratives, slyly exploring the ways creators plunder the lives of those they know in the quest for a good story.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
Through Valerie, Kudrow slyly performs our terminal habit of downgrading devastating developments to champagne problems, merrily chirping her character’s catchphrase, “How’s that?”
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026
Mr. Broderick, himself a sometime movie star, brings a slyly funny air of noblesse oblige that dovetails amusingly with Jay’s pompous, blinkered dimness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
Then she stood, panting, staring at her wrecked hands until the sun set and the stars winked slyly in the purpling sky.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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