Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sly as a fox

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English

Syllables
sly as a -fox
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very sly, very cunning.

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What does sly as a fox mean?
Very sly, very cunning.

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