mindmap root((狡猾)) sly implies furtiveness, lack of candor, and skill in concealing one’s aims and methods: a ~ corporate-takeover scheme. cunning suggests the inventive use of sometimes limited intelligence in overreaching or circumventing: relentlessly ~ in her pursuit of the governorship. crafty implies cleverness and subtlety of method: a ~ trial lawyer. tricky suggests unscrupulous shiftiness and unreliability: a ~ interviewer who usually got what she wanted from her subject. foxy implies a shrewd and wary craftiness usually based on experience in devious dealing: a ~ thief got away with her jewels. artful implies insinuating or alluring indirectness in dealing and often connotes sophistication or coquetry or cleverness: an ~ matchmaker.