Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

by the sly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: by the s-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Dated

Example Sentences

"I read Plutarch, and Shakespeare, and Don Quixote by the sly, and supplied myself in that way with wandering thoughts, while my tutor was assuring me that "an improved man, as distinguished from an ignorant one, was a man who knew the reason why water ran downhill.""

Usage

Dated

Questions

What does by the sly mean?: on the sly

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