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Definition: Slyness |
SlynessNoun1. Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "slyness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references) |
Synonyms: SlynessSynonyms: craft (n), craftiness (n), cunning (n), foxiness (n), guile (n), wiliness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Concealment | Stealth, stealthiness, sneakiness; obreption; slyness; (cunning). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Slyness |
| English words defined with "slyness": archly ♦ beguile ♦ hoodwink ♦ in an arch manner ♦ juggle ♦ Sliness, Subtilty. (references) |
| "Slyness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Slyness" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "slyness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | dinakëri (artfulness, craftiness, cunning, deception, deviousness, mischief, shrewdness, trickery, wile, wiliness), dhelpëri (cunning, mischief). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مكر (archness, artfulness, artifice, brown, craft, craftiness, cunning, deceit, deception, double dealing, feint, fish, foxiness, furtiveness, guile, ploy, roguery, ruse, sham, trick, wiliness), مراوغة (deviousness, dodge, elusion, equivocation, evasion, evasiveness, prevarication, quibble, shiftiness, trickery), تكتم (reserve, reticence, secrecy, secretion), خبث (badness, evilness, foxiness, harmfulness, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, offensiveness, viciousness, virulence, wickedness, wiliness), شطارة (cleverness), دهاء (artfulness, craft, cunning, fineness, finesse, guile, malignity, maneuver, manoeuvre, ploy, resource, sagacity, sharpness, wit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | хитрост (archness, art, artfulness, artifice, deceitfulness, device, dodge, finesse, game, guile, overreach, policy, ruse, shrewdness, stratagem, trick), потайност (furtiveness, hugger mugger, mystery, reticence, secrecy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | lstivost (artfulness, craft, craftiness, guile, subtlety, wiliness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | slimheid (cunning, subtlety), doortraptheid (cunning, subtlety). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | ruzeco (cunning, subtlety). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sournoiserie, ruse, habileté (sleight of hand), espièglerie, dissimulation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schlauheit (astuteness, cleverness, craftiness, cunning, deepness, finesse, guile, leeriness, neatness, shrewdness, slynesses, smartness), Durchtriebenheit (archness, cunning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πονηριά (craft, cunning, guile, malice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ערמומיות (archness, artfulness, cunning, foxiness, wiliness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sunyiság, ravaszság (acuity, acuteness, artifice, astuteness, canniness, craftiness, cunning, cuteness, disingenuousness, finesse, foxiness, guile, knowingness, shrewdness, wile, wiliness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | astuzia (artfulness, astuteness, cunning, guile, leeriness, ruse, sharpness, shrewdness, slynesses, stratagem, trick, wangling, wile, wiliness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | steetaght, shliawinid (foxiness, insidiousness, lubricity, mucousness, sleekness, slipperiness, smoothness), foall (deceit, felony, murder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ynessslay zombaria (chaff, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jibe, mock, mockery, persiflage, ragging, raillery, ridicule, scoff, sneer, sport), manha (craftiness, finesse, jiggery-pokery, malice, ruse, trickery, vice, whim), maldade (badness, enormity, gall bladder, maleficence, malice, malignancy, naughtiness, perversity, turpitude, unrighteousness, venom, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing), esperteza (ability, artfulness, artifice, brightness, canniness, craft, policy, quicksilver, smartness, snap), dissimulação (camouflage, concealment, disguise, disguising, dissimulation, fancy dress, masquerade, obliquity, palliation, veiling), astúcia (art, artfulness, astuteness, craft, craftiness, cunning, dodge, double, invention, ruse, stratagem, trick, trickery, tweak, wile). (various references) şmecherie (art, artfulness, artifice, chouse, contrivance, craft, cunning, depth, do, dodge, fetch, fiddle, sell, swindle, trickery), şiretenie (artfulness, artifice, craft, craftiness, cunning, finesse, guile, pawkiness). (various references) лукавство (craftiness). (various references) lukavstvo (artifice, craftiness, guile, ruse, trap, trickery, wile). (various references) malicia (archness, cattiness, catty, malice, maliciousness, mischief, mischievousness, naughtiness, wickedness), lo taimado (deviousness), intención (animus, design, intent, intention, meaning, mind, plan, purport, purpose), guasa (banter, jest, joke, persiflage, teasing), disimulo (stealth), astucia (archness, artfulness, astuteness, cleverness, craft, craftiness, cunning, flirtation, foxiness, guile, overreach, pawkiness, shiftiness, shrewdness, snare, subtlety, trickery, wiliness, worldly wisdom). (various references) bakslughet (guile). (various references) sinsilik (furtiveness, hanky panky, insidiousness, sneaking), kurnazlık (archness, art, artfulness, artifice, arts, astuteness, craftiness, cunning, dodge, finesse, foxiness, guile, shenanigan, shiftiness, smartness, stratagem, strategy, subtility, subtlety, trick, wheeler-dealing, wheeling and dealing, wiliness, wrinkle), hile (adulteration, artifice, arts, canard, catch, cheat, cheating, chicane, cobweb, collusion, craft, cross, deceit, deception, decoy, device, do, dodge, doubling, dupery, duplicity, fake, false pretences, false pretenses, finesse, flam, flimflam, fraud, gadget, gaff, gambit, gammon, gimmick, gouge, hanky panky, have, have on, hocus pocus, hokey-pokey, hoky-poky, humbug, imposture, jiggery pokery, maneuver, manipulation, manoeuvre, plant, ploy, practice, pretense, rig, rigging, rip off, ruse, sell, sham, sleight of hand, subterfuge, tortuosity, trick, trickery, wheeling and dealing, wile), şeytanlık (art, arts, craftiness, cunning, devilment, devilry, diabolism, fiendishness, mischief, prank, wiliness). (various references) лукавство (arts, craft, craftiness, duplicity, wile, wiliness). (various references) tính tâm ngẩm tầm ngầm, tính ranh mãnh (leeriness), tính quỷ quyệt (insidiousness, shiftiness, wiliness), tính mánh lới, tính láu cá (foxiness, leeriness, slipperiness), tính giả nhân giả nghĩa (jesuitism, jesuitry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "slyness": slynesses. (additional references) | |
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"Slyness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sillyness, Tylneys. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "slyness" (pronounced slī"nus) |
| 4 | -ī" n u s | dryness, highness, minus, shyness, sinus, wryness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, niggardliness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, sickness, silliness, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: selsyns. | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-n-s-s-s-y" | |
-1 letter: selsyn. | |
-2 letters: lyses, snyes. | |
-3 letters: lens, less, leys, lyes, lyse, ness, sels, snye, syne, yens. | |
-4 letters: els, ens, ess, ley, lye, sel, sen, sly, syn, yen, yes. | |
-5 letters: el, en, es, ne, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-l-n-s-s-s-y" | |
+2 letters: sinlessly, slynesses. | |
+3 letters: sensuously, songlessly. | |
+4 letters: joylessness, lysogenises, misanalyses, noiselessly, raylessness, senselessly, soundlessly, spinelessly, stainlessly, stylishness. | |
+5 letters: candyflosses, joyfulnesses, physicalness, reasonlessly, suspensively. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6C 79 6E 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .-.. -.--. -. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101100 01111001 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S l y n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006C 0079 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53789180718585 |
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