By the sly, or On the sly, in a sly or secret manner. [Colloq.] "Gazed
on Hetty's charms by the sly." G. Eliot. -- Sly goose (Zoöl.), the
common sheldrake; -- so named from its craftiness.
Syn. -- Cunning; crafty; subtile; wily. See Cunning.
Sly, adv. Slyly. [Obs. or Poetic] Spenser.
Sly"boots` (?), n. A humerous appellation for a sly, cunning, or
waggish person.
Slyboots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em.
Goldsmith.
Sly"ly, adv. In a sly manner; shrewdly; craftily.
Honestly and slyly he it spent.
Chaucer.
Sly"ness, n. The quality or state of being sly.
Slype (?), n. [Cf. D. sluipen to sneak.] (Arch.) A narrow passage
between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a
monastery. [Eng.]
Smack (?), n. [D. smak; akin to LG. smack, smak, Dan. smakke, G.
schmacke, F. semaque.] (Naut.) A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged
as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.
Smack, n. [OE. smak, AS. ssm&?;c taste, savor; akin to D. smaak, G.
geschmack, OHG. smac; cf. Lith. smagus pleasant. Cf. Smack, v. i.] 1.
Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor; tincture; as, a
smack of bitter in the medicine. Also used figuratively.
So quickly they have taken a smack in covetousness.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
They felt the smack of this world.
Latimer.