He employed the term slyly, knowing his somewhat puritanical publisher would not recognize it. From Wordnik.com. [Black and White World: This Gun for Hire – The Bleat.] Reference
Sometimes the titles slyly reflected this double nature. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in Found Objects] Reference
Those words had become with her a phrase slyly to play upon. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall] Reference
He spake the old phrase slyly as, glancing round his train. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of Whittier] Reference
I respond when I see people like you, cloked in pseudo objectivity, "slyly" pounding him down in hopes he will become a typical politician. From Wordnik.com. [Obama: It's Me Against The D.C. Foreign Policy Establishment] Reference
Jim grinned slyly and regarded the stranger again. From Wordnik.com. [Vic's] Reference
"Go to college with us, then," slyly tempted Grace. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
"He is quite obstinate!" remarked the clerk, slyly. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
To which basketball Jordan slyly cocks his eyebrow. From Wordnik.com. [Always One Step Ahead] Reference
Too impatient to wait, he slyly carried one off to his hut. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
"No, you wouldn't, with a leg broken," observed Billy slyly. From Wordnik.com. [Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs] Reference
“I don't understand the distinction,” Frank remarked slyly. From Wordnik.com. [French Vanilla Death - Prima Parte] Reference
"I didn't hear anyone ask you, Katy," retorted Mrs. Halford slyly. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
You know how he expresses it: with that courtly, slyly smiling nod. From Wordnik.com. [Idiot Nation?] Reference
The mother sits silent beside them, staring slyly at the television. From Wordnik.com. [The Waiting Room] Reference
"It is like the examinations," observed Marechal, looking slyly at young. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
How did he make this version of the MGs sound so sprightly and slyly funky?. From Wordnik.com. [New Albums By Booker T. And Allen Toussaint] Reference
The icons and menu images slyly allude to Rene Magritte's most famous works. From Wordnik.com. [Greetings] Reference
Political candidates sometimes slyly play the race card, but rarely overtly. From Wordnik.com. [A Memo to Senator Obama] Reference
( "It takes two points/to make a distance," one of her poems slyly puts it.). From Wordnik.com. [The Reluctant Poet Laureate] Reference
She pushes her hair back with one hand and looks at me slyly before getting up. From Wordnik.com. [Adultery and Africa] Reference
Openly praising each other while slyly knifing a mutual foe can work for a while. From Wordnik.com. [The Pilot vs. The Preacher] Reference
The de Kooning in these pages is slyly ambitious, hardworking, curious and funny. From Wordnik.com. [DE-LOVELY DE KOONING] Reference
And here the black looked slyly at his master, and a merry twinkle came into his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
"Well, one may think of many things," said the lassie, as she stood there and smiled slyly. From Wordnik.com. [East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon] Reference
"Why, you haven't any smuggled goods concealed, have you, Colonel?" slyly asked a hotel lounger. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight; or, on the border for Uncle Sam] Reference
"I think you must be feeling better, Ernest, or you wouldn't be so cross," retorted Marian slyly. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
It's a fantastic show about dancing with the devil, which slyly examines the choices facing women. From Wordnik.com. [This week's new theatre] Reference
"You love her very much, then?" demanded the Abbe, slyly, an almost imperceptible smile curving his lips. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Herzog, a little taken aback by this unexpected reply, had looked at Marechal slyly, asking himself if it was. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The newcomer saw an emaciated, shriveled face, in which, from behind spectacles, two brown eyes twinkled slyly. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
While the feds were busy, Joe slyly watched Mr.E. who was getting paler and paler while he was getting gladder and gladder. From Wordnik.com. [Deadly Decoy] Reference
When the reviewer asks the musician if he thinks he'll be famous, Springsteen slyly replies, "That's what my manager tells me.". From Wordnik.com. [ARTINFO: 11 Hopped-Up Art World Anecdotes from the "Max's Kansas City" Book] Reference
From here the Boers, chuckling doubtless at their own cunning, were slyly watching the approach of the party; for it was now dawn. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
I believe the slyly crafted appearance of making a presidential run is a ruse to bilk her sycophant devotees out of some serious pelt. From Wordnik.com. [Rizwan A. Rahmani: Sarah Palin: No There There] Reference
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