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watchful
English
Etymology
From Middle English waccheful, equivalent to watch +? -ful. Compare West Frisian waaks (“watchful”), Dutch waaks, waakzaam (“watchful”), German wachsam (“watchful”), Swedish vaksam (“watchful”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w?t??.f?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?w?t??.f?l/
- Hyphenation: watch?ful
Adjective
watchful (comparative more watchful, superlative most watchful)
- Fully observant, vigilant, or aware.
- The teacher kept a watchful eye on her pupils during the school trip.
Derived terms
- watchfully
- watchfulness
Translations
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sly
English
Alternative forms
- sligh (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English sly, sley, sleigh, slei?, from Old Norse slægr, slœgr (“sly, cunning”, literally “capable of hitting or striking”), from Proto-Germanic *sl?giz (“lively, agile, cunning, sly, striking”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, throw”). Cognate with Icelandic slægur (“crafty, sly”), Norwegian Nynorsk sløg (“sly”), Swedish slug (“sly”). Related to sleight, slay. In all likelihood, however, unrelated with Saterland Frisian slau (“sly, crafty”), Dutch sluw (“sly, cunning”), Low German slu (“sly, cunning”), German schlau (“clever, crafty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sla?/
- Rhymes: -a?
Adjective
sly (comparative slier or slyer, superlative sliest or slyest)
- Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
- (having a positive sense) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
- Synonyms: nimble, skillful, cautious, shrewd
- Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
- Light or delicate; slight; thin.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:wily
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- sly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- sly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Adverb
sly
- Slyly.
Anagrams
- Lys, YLS, YLs, lys, syl-
Lower Sorbian
Adjective
sly
- Obsolete spelling of z?y (“bad, evil”)
Middle English
Alternative forms
- scle, slei, sley, scley, slegh, sleigh, sleygh, sligh, slygh, sle?, slei?, slei?h, sli?, sly?, scli?, sly?h, sleyh, slih, slyh
Etymology
From Old Norse slœgr, from Proto-Germanic *sl?giz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sli?/, /sl?i?/, /slix/, /sl?i?x/
Adjective
sly (plural and weak singular slye, comparative slyer, superlative sliest)
- Judicious, considered, shrewd; having or indicative of great wisdom.
- Adept, expert, quality; having or indicative of great expertise.
- Sly, artful, wily; employing or being an example of deception.
- (rare) Attractive; having good looks.
- (rare) Unknown or hidden.
Related terms
- sleighly
- sleight
- slynesse
Descendants
- English: sly
- Scots: slee
References
- “sleigh, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-05.
Swedish
Noun
sly n
- very young trees, in particular while growing very densely
Declension
Anagrams
- lys, syl, yls
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