Sluttish
(Slut"tish) a. Like a slut; untidy; indecently negligent of cleanliness; disorderly; as, a sluttish woman.
Why is thy lord so slutish, I thee pray.
Chaucer.
An air of liberal, though sluttish, plenty, indicated the wealthy farmer.
Sir W. Scott. — Slut"tish*ly, adv. — Slut"tish*ness, n.
Sly
(Sly) a. [Compar. Slier or Slyer; superl. Sliest or Slyest.] [OE. sli, slegh, sleih, Icel slgr, for
slgr; akin to Sw. slug, Dan. slu, LG. slou, G. schlau; probably to E. slay, v.t.; cf. G. verschlagen sly.
See Slay, v. t., and cf. Sleight.]
1. Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; —
in a good sense.
Be ye sly as serpents, and simple as doves.
Wyclif
Whom graver age
And long experience hath made wise and sly.
Fairfax. 2. Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
For my sly wiles and subtle craftiness,
The litle of the kingdom I possess.
Spenser. 3. Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick.
Envy works in a sly and imperceptible manner.
I. Watts. 4. Light or delicate; slight; thin. [Obs.]
By the sly, or On the sly, in a sly or secret manner. [Colloq.] "Gazed on Hetty's charms by the sly."
G. Eliot. — Sly goose (Zoöl.), the common sheldrake; — so named from its craftiness.
Syn. — Cunning; crafty; subtile; wily. See Cunning.
Sly
(Sly), adv. Slyly. [Obs. or Poetic] Spenser.
Slyboots
(Sly"boots`) n. A humerous appellation for a sly, cunning, or waggish person.
Slyboots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em.
Goldsmith. Slyly
(Sly"ly), adv. In a sly manner; shrewdly; craftily.
Honestly and slyly he it spent.
Chaucer. Slyness
(Sly"ness), n. The quality or state of being sly.
Slype
(Slype) n. [Cf. D. sluipen to sneak.] (Arch.) A narrow passage between two buildings, as between
the transept and chapter house of a monastery. [Eng.]
Smack
(Smack) n. [D. smak; akin to LG. smack, smak, Dan. smakke, G. schmacke, F. semaque.]
(Naut.) A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing
trade.
Smack
(Smack), n. [OE. smak, AS. ssmc taste, savor; akin to D. smaak, G. geschmack, OHG. smac; cf.
Lith. smagus pleasant. Cf. Smack, v. i.]
