different between slyness vs flyness

English

From Middle English slynesse; equivalent to sly +? -ness.

slyness (countable and uncountable, plural slynesses)

(uncountable) The state or quality of being sly.
With his natural slyness, he was able to talk his way out of trouble.
(countable) The result or product of being sly.

fly +? -ness

flyness (uncountable)

(African-American Vernacular, slang) The quality of being sharp or smart in appearance.
- 1999, Vibe (volume 7, issues 1-2)
  The charismatic 29-year-old Harlemite is the premier gladiator in a subterranean realm where the quest for flyness is the prime directive.
- 2004, Cheryl Lynette Keyes, Rap music and street consciousness (page 194)
  The fly personae in these films influenced a wave of black contemporary youth who resurrected flyness and its continuum in hip-hop culture.

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