slyness

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slyness

Rhymes with -aɪnəs

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From Middle English slynesse. By surface analysis, sly + -ness.

noun slynesses

  1. uncountable The state or quality of being sly. With his natural slyness, he was able to talk his way out of trouble.
  2. countable The result or product of being sly.

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@misc{slyness_2026,
  title = {slyness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/slyness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}