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

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

“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

The “Alligator Alcatraz” storefront is cartoon gators slyly winking at us from under red baseball caps: It’s just a joke, and you’re in on it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2025

Diane glanced slyly up at me and asked, “Are you all right, sweetie?”

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins