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ON THE SLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does on the sly mean?
• ON THE SLY (adverb)
The adverb ON THE SLY has 1 sense:
1. in a furtive manner
Familiarity information: ON THE SLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a furtive manner
Synonyms:
furtively; on the sly
Context example:
the soldiers were furtively crawling through the night
Context examples
It seemed funny that I should ask his leave, as he was only a few years older than me; but I didn’t want to do anything on the sly, so I wrote to father at Bordeaux, where the company has its French offices, but the letter came back to me on the very morning of the wedding.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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