slyly

Example Sentences

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It recently played out in public in the form of a Super Bowl ad campaign slyly attacking OpenAI—without naming it—for its decision to include ads in its chatbot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Alto saxophonist Bobby Watson, a Messenger from 1977 to 1981, is represented by his brightly accessible and slyly swinging “Fuller Love.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

“But do our children need such concern or do we slyly foster it clinging to our motherly purpose?”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

D’Aquino’s defense: She had been slyly subverting the propaganda machine the whole time, entertaining Americans with facetious language no one could take seriously and introducing upbeat American music the GIs actually loved.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

Shandall studies me, and very slyly she says, “Yeah, that Vanessa Steele’s gonna be prancin’ all over the place like she’s unbeatable or somethin’.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen