A young Portuguese who was very near as drunk as he, being also desirous to try a Frolic, softly pull'd out his Scissors, and slily cut off the Spaniard's Left Whisker.
He walked away to the river-side, Mr Winterbottom slily enjoying his revenge, for no one but Tom had an idea that it was anything but an accident.
Tom looked at Winterbottom, pointing slily to the frying-pan, and then to the hinder parts of Quince.
There's antique Miss O'Riley Has coaxed Donoghue slily Just to waltz, which he ne'er before tried.
Till her gazeslily peeps; Tow'rds her mother it creeps, Who she saw nearly audibly wink.
The Bishop is apparently indignant that Ruth should be accused of 'creeping slily to bed,' but the Bible account is certainly that without the knowledge of Boaz 'she came softly and uncovered his feet and laid her down.
And slily he traileth along the ground, And his leaves he gently waves, As he joyously hugs and crawleth round The rich mould of dead men's graves.
Ned slily guessed that she was yearning for a certain someone left behind in Dalton, but Tavia just smiled, and insisted that she was paying strict attention to other matters.
This name is derived from the cunning and slyness of foxes, since these look about as slily and cunningly, and regard every one as their enemy and assailant, till they are rendered tame by necessity and habit.
A parley now was set on foot between the parties; during which the artful fair so slily and imperceptibly carried on her attack, that she had almost subdued the heart of our heroe before she again repaired to acts of hostility.
Upon his mentioning the masquerade, he looked very slily at Lady Bellaston, without any fear of being remarked by Sophia; for she was visibly too much confounded to make any observations.
Sheriff Bob, assuming a pompous air, though Allan thought he winked slilyin his direction while speaking.
Judy as slily nodded affirmatively, ere Phillis' sharp eyes were turned again upon them.
Thrusting the locket slilyinto Arthur's hand, she whispered, "I slept with her last night, and dreamed it was not the first time either.
I understand," said the lady, pointing slily with her finger at her own father.
Temple-bar he stopped me, pointed to the heads upon it, and slily whispered me, "Forsitan et nostrum nomen miscebitur ISTIS.
I then slily introduced Mr. Garrick's fame, and his assuming the airs of a great man.
And what increased the ridicule was, that one of the company, who slilyoverlooked the reader, perceived that the word had been originally MICE, and had been altered to RATS, as more dignified.
The strange old man puckered up his lips into a whistle, and shook his head, eyeing her all the time so slily that Ruth was more and more thankful that he had not proven to be Uncle Jabez.
Coronado rose, walked to his horse, took two small packages out of his saddle-bags and slipped them slily into his boots, and then carried the bags to where the chiefs sat in council.
Jest as they be to hum," slily suggested Glover, who knew better.
Mrs. Stanley, delighted with his emotion, slily grasped and pressed his hand.
Secretly rejoicing in his own wisdom, he walked from window to window, slily listening for the gipsy's signal.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "slily" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
