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

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

“EPiC” follows Presley as he blazes through classics including “Little Sister,” slyly asserting his influence in rock by segueing into the Beatles’ “Get Back.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Sparks pauses, then smiles slyly, “I think it was called ‘The Sixth Sense.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

Sean was always the biggest perpetrator of said strategy, especially on days when he had a quiz in another class and wanted to slyly check his index cards while she prattled on.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan