On The Sly

Definition: On The Sly

On The Sly

Adverb

1. In a furtive manner; "the soldiers were furtively crawling through the night".

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Synonym: On The Sly

Concealment

Januis clausis, with closed doors, a huis clos; hugger mugger, a la derobee; under the cloak of, under the rose, under the table; sub rosa, en tapinois, in the background, aside, on the sly, with bated breath, sotto voce, in a whisper, without beat of drum, a la sourdine.

Cunning

Adverb: cunningly; Adjective: slyly, slily, on the sly, by a side wind.

There's an old song that says: One white foot buy 'em, two white feet try 'em, three white feet be on the sly, four white feet pass 'em by. (True Grit; writing credit: Charles Portis; Marguerite Roberts)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "on the sly": do smth. on the sly. Additional references.

Albanian

vjedhurazi (by stealth, furtively, stealthily, thievishly), fshehurazi (behind the scenes, furtively, in secret, secretly, underhand). (various references)

Arabic 

‏خلسة (by stealth, larceny, stealthily, surreptitiously), ‏بمكر (archly, craftily, furtively). (various references)

Bulgarian 

скришно (privily), тайно (darkling, furtively, hugger mugger, in camera, in private, inwardly, on the quiet, privately, privily, secretly, under the counter, under the rose, underground, underhand, underhanded). (various references)

Chinese 

背地風 (behind somebody's back, privately), 暗地裡 (inwardly, secretly), 暗中 (in secret, in the dark, surreptitiously), 偷偷 (covertly, secretly, stealthily). (various references)

Czech

potají, pokoutnì. (various references)

Finnish

salaa (in secrecy, in secret, secretly, surreptitiously). (various references)

French

en douce. (various references)

Greek 

στη ζούλα (on the side). (various references)

Hebrew 

בערמומיות. (various references)

Hungarian

titokban (backstage, by stealth, covertly, furtively, hugger mugger, hugger-mugger, in a corner, in secret, inly, on the q. t., on the q.t., on the quiet, privily, stealthily, surreptitiously, under the rose, under wraps), stikában (in a corner), alattomban (clandestinely, surreptitiously, underhand). (various references)

Indonesian

menilep (see: menggelapkan, take something on the sly), mencuri-curi (do on the sly). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

人目�'� めて (by stealth). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ひとめ�'かすめて (by stealth). (various references)

Manx

gyn yss (by stealth, clandestinely, covert, in secret, secretly, surreptitious, surreptitiously, unadvised, unawares, unconsciously, unexpected). (various references)

Pig Latin

onay ethay yslay

Romanian

face ceva pe ascuns (do smth. on the sly). (various references)

Russian 

тайком (in hugger-mugger, in petto, quiet, stealth, under the rose), исподтишка (stealthily). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

tajno (backstage, hugger mugger, incognito, secret: in secret, secretly, sly: on the sly, stilly). (various references)

Spanish

sigilosamente, disimuladamente, a hurtadillas (stealthily). (various references)

Swedish

i smyg (by stealth, furtive, furtively, stealthily, stealthy, underhand), i mjugg. (various references)

Turkish

gizlice (by devious means, by stealth, clandestinely, confidentially, furtively, in privacy, in private, in secret, on the quiet, secretly, sub rosa, under the counter, under the rose, underground), gizli gizli, el altından (by devious means, by stealth, clandestine, clandestinely, hole-and-corner, in secret, secretly, slily, sub rosa, surreptitious, under the counter, under the rose, undercover, underhand, underhanded), çaktırmadan (on the quiet, slily, without attracting smb.'s attention, without being noticed). (various references)

Ukrainian

потай (under hand), потихеньку. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: honestly.

-1 letter: honesty.

-2 letters: ethnos, ethyls, helots, honest, honeys, hostel, hostly, hotels, hoyles, lentos, shelty, stolen, stoney, telson, tholes.

-3 letters: enols, ethos, ethyl, helos, helot, hents, holes, holey, holts, hones, honey, hosel, hosen, hotel, hotly, hoyle, hyson, lenos, lento, noels, nosey, notes, onset, seton, shent, sheol, shone, shote, sloth, sonly, steno, stole, stone, stony, style.

+1 letter: holystone.

+2 letters: holystoned, holystones, polythenes.

+3 letters: dishonestly, nympholepts, semimonthly.

+4 letters: hematoxylins, lycanthropes, lysolecithin, methylations, phytoalexins, polyanthuses, polytechnics, thunderously, youthfulness.

+5 letters: lycanthropies, lysolecithins, nonhysterical, northeasterly, northwesterly, polyethylenes, polyurethanes, theophyllines, unrighteously.