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Even Tempo, a daily which stands four-square behind the government, smelt a whiff of appeasement and accused the prime minister of "slyness ".At the least, Mr Berlusconi must now be uncomfortable about Italy's involvement in the American-led coalition.
He delighted in female subtlety, slyness and fecundity.
In Dear Darkness, Kevin Young showed off a similar slyness of tone and attentiveness to the vernacular: "I love you like barbecue /You leave nothing on the bone / I love you like barbecue / Leave me nothing but bone / You make me go hogwild honey / Make me want to hurry home".
John Ruskin's King of the Golden River (1851) and William Makepeace Thackeray's "fireside pantomime" The Rose and the Ring (1855) were signs of a changing climate, even though the Grimm-like directness of the first is partly neutralized by Ruskin's moralistic bent and the gaiety of the second is spoiled by a laborious, parodic slyness.
When they call you they embark on a journey into the unknown, because, despite all their slights and slyness , they don't know if you've had an accident in the past three years, whether you have double glazing, whether you qualify for PPI or anything else.
Like many before him, he employed hackneyed devices (e.g., the heads of a pack of British politicians on dogs' bodies) but by slyness of expression always managed an original twist.
Brando sings — not well, but sincerely — and carries off his role with a breathtakingly understated slyness ; Simmons sings, well, and with a thrilling physical fury; Sinatra's vocal swagger is as exhilarating as ever, on a stage that gives him room to strut.
Donald Windham wrote in his memoirs, "She is one of the few people who, with a combination of flattery and mockery, good humor and slyness , can sometimes cajole Tennessee into seeing his absurdities and dropping them.
Although Jason Samuels Smith's power and slyness have made him one of the best tap dancers in the world, July 3-7 will be his first weeklong stint at the Joyce Theatre.
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The Criterion edition of "Safety Last!" also contains three newly restored short films — "Take a Chance" (1918), "Young Mr. Jazz" (1919) and "His Royal Slyness" (1920) — that illustrate the stages of Lloyd's development, as well as the superb documentary "Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius," produced by David Gill and Kevin Brownlow in 1989.
Chase never understood Lincoln's slyness never appreciated that irony could have a moral edge, as in Lincoln's answer to a complaint about emancipation: "You say you will not fight to free negroes.
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The primary grammatical function of "slyness" is that of a noun , denoting a quality or state of being sly. Ludwig shows numerous examples where "slyness" is used as a subject or object within sentences, reflecting its nominal role.
Expression frequency: Very common
