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| sly |
If someone is sly, they are smart, but you can't trust them. They usually find some dishonest or sneaky way of doing things they want to do. |
| sneaky |
If a person is sneaky, they hide what they are doing from other people. When people are sneaky, they don't want to get caught doing what they are doing. If some action is sneaky, it is done secretly, and it is often a bad thing. Sneaky things can be good sometimes, but more often they are not. |
| underhand |
secret and sneaky; in a dishonest way. [1/3 definitions] |
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