English-German translation for "sly"

"sly" German translation

sly
[slai]adjective | Adjektiv adj <comparative | Komparativkomp slieror | oder od slyer; superlative | Superlativsup sliestor | oder od slyest>

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schlau, verschlagen, durchtrieben, gerissen verstohlen, heimlich, hinterhältig schelmisch, verschmitzt, schalkhaft geschickt, praktisch More examples...
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  • geschickt, praktisch
    sly skilful dialect(al) | Dialekt, dialektaldial
    sly skilful dialect(al) | Dialekt, dialektaldial
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a sly dog
ein schlauer Fuchs
a sly dog
Ich mag ihn nicht, weil er durchtrieben wie ein Fuchs ist.
I don't like him because he is sly as a fox.
Source: Tatoeba
Es geht nicht an, still und leise die Prioritäten umkehren zu wollen.
Let us not switch round the priorities on the sly.
Source: Europarl
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