| 单词 | slyness |
| 例句 | There I am in the furrow of Jack's brow, in the slyness of Alicia's smile, in the bend of Grace's hand . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z So Lyra opened the door and found Iofur Raknison waiting for her, with an expression of triumph, slyness, apprehension, and greed. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know who “everyone” was, or when “always” was, and as much as I wanted to understand her ambiguities, the slyness was growing annoying. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Her eyes met mine in the mirror, and her whole face assumed a kind of slyness: squinted eyes, pursed lips. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The transformation of Henningsen’s Cady is more deftly handled now, and solo numbers for Regina, Gretchen and Karen have in various cases been tweaked, or reset, or are now delivered with more slyness and polish. Review | ‘Mean Girls’ on Broadway: Omg, you’ll lol. 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Dudamel succeeded in channeling the slyness of Mr. Norman’s writing, too. Review: A Sublime New Direction for Andrew Norman in Los Angeles 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Hanging framed on the wall, this blurry, weirdly textured image adds an unexpected bit of postmodern anti-painting slyness to the show. Art Review: ‘Salvaging the Past,’ on Hoentschel, at Bard Graduate Center 2013-05-09T20:53:25Z This being Mr. Soderbergh, peril isn’t sloppily served up with flat line readings, jiggling breasts and lousy cinematography but delivered with slyness and jolts. Review: In ‘Unsane,’ It’s Not Paranoia if Someone’s After You 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z There is a compulsive use of the couplet: "brilliance and persistence, acceptance and slyness, dirt and glamour". The North (And Almost Everything In it) by Paul Morley – review 2013-06-13T09:01:01Z He accents the rude comedy of the Kims’ struggle with slyness and precision timing, encouraging your laughter. ‘Parasite’ Review: The Lower Depths Rise With a Vengeance 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Lyrics that the Lady Gaga of old might have delivered with slyness — say, “Sinner’s Prayer,” or the political march of “Come to Mama” — feel unappealingly dogmatic here. Lady Gaga’s Stripped-Down New Album Fishes for Inspiration 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Monument building isn’t something you necessarily expect from the Beasties, who built their career out of irreverence, slyness and low-key cool. The Beastie Boys Put Down the Mic and Pick Up the Pen 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Yet such flat and unhurried beginnings are subversions concealing a powerful slyness. One Last Book From a Virtuoso of the Short Story 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z He added, with characteristic slyness: “Not that I think pretension necessarily a bad thing in a writer.” With His New Mystery Novel, John Banville Kills Off a Pen Name 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z There is a wonderful slyness in the way he bamboozles a local boatman into taking him in his curragh to the movie location. The Cripple of Inishmaan 2013-06-18T22:00:00Z Frank Lawler mugs both sides of the two-faced Tartuffe, but he misses some openings for expressions of perverse slyness. Taproot's 'Tartuffe' has 17th-century setting but a story that resonates today 2012-02-16T21:40:06Z “You see all of the slyness, the humor, the double entendres, the playfulness, the wit,” he said. Cole Porter’s Lost Show Unearthed 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z “Yet such flat and unhurried beginnings are subversions concealing a powerful slyness. Trevor’s stories traffic in plots, fated or willed, and hurtful. They may be coiled in pity, but they are never benign.” 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z The mother and father work, but there’s slyness here and hardness. ‘Shoplifters’ Review: A Family That Steals Together, Stays Together 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z While it’s nice to see Mr. Kinnear play an entirely sympathetic character for a change, his slyness and subtlety seem wasted in a project that has no interest in either. Movie Review | 'The Last Song': Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth in a Beach Romance 2010-03-30T22:09:00Z But that same slyness undercuts the indignant bite of “The Hottest Spot in Hell.” Critics? Choice: New CDs From Ray LaMontagne, Katie Melua and J J Grey 2010-08-22T22:55:00Z He is certainly cheerful in the company of his employers, and whether his smile represents slyness or sincerity is a question of some consequence. ‘The White Tiger’ Review: Don’t Call Him a Slumdog 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z When they finally spotted him hiding among the branches, his mom said, Berkley smiled with a sort of slyness that he would become known for as he grew up. Moms grieve sons, 19, killed by gunfire Monday in Southeast D.C. 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z But none equaled the scale, scope, slyness or perfection of the original. Opinion | The great work of art that followed George Floyd’s death 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z The slyness of the virus remains on the minds of many scientists as they watch societies reopen, wondering what happens if silent spreaders aren’t detected until it’s too late. Silent spread of virus keeps scientists grasping for clues 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z “It was a fine piece of slyness,” Buchanan wrote. The golf verdict on O.J. - Golf Digest 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Levinson said few things he’s seen onscreen take the lives of young people seriously or, if they do, approach them with a certain judgment or slyness. Creator of HBO’s ‘Euphoria’ says it tries to be ‘empathic’ 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z For all their triumphalist rhetoric, Thatcher and Reagan appreciated that their transformative project sometimes needed to be pursued with caution and slyness. ‘A zombie party’: the deepening crisis of conservatism 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z “But you have to know how to disguise your slyness, how to pretend one thing and cover up another.” Opinion | Why Does Paul Manafort Lie? 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z It’s a portrait of a time and place, written without pretension but with fly-on-the-wall slyness. Fall reading 2018: 9 books to curl up with this cozy time of year 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z His is a transcendent imagery, a lacy slyness, a frosty irony. Reading “In Our Time” in 1927 1927-10-22T05:00:00Z He leads with quiet slyness, kindness and confidence – and 30 years of experience practicing those traits. 24 hours in a Detroit ER: on the frontline of America's healthcare debate 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Those who knew him in his later years emphasize his charm, his wit, his slyness, his generosity toward like-minded colleagues. Pierre Boulez’s Revolutionary Career 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Tap has long been said to have a narrow subjective field: wit, joy, slyness. Tap’s Tangled History 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z There is barely a hint of slyness from this supposedly savvy political couple, and insults are delivered with blunt blows, even when sharp stings might be better. | New Jersey: A Review of ‘A View of the Mountains’ in Long Branch 2014-05-09T23:47:43Z For a young quarterback who has already earned so much respect and fame, Wilson managed to operate with an offensive lineman's slyness in the Seahawks' 27-7 victory over Dallas at CenturyLink Field on Sunday. Russell Wilson performs 'really cool' for Pete Carroll's offense 2012-09-17T03:04:05Z But notwithstanding the petty and mean devices, the short-sighted slyness, the blundering unbelief, the profane worldliness of the human parties in the transaction, the truth and mercy of God still find a way for themselves. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z Pera has all that is odious of the Levant: impudence, ostentation, slyness, indelicacy, uproar, a glittering commonness. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z As he is not encouraged, he has learned great slyness and dissimulation. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z He tried to wink with the slyness which used to keep supper-tables in a roar, but shrank under her steady glance, and retiring with a growl, discomfited, slammed the door. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z It has the slyness of the fox, it lies low like a hare, and to the rage of the tiger adds the voracity of a wolf. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z She heard the lock click; she saw him peering at her with a fox-like slyness. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z He had already acquired the wisdom, or perhaps in his case slyness is a better word, of years by the time that he came to us. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z Their confidence must be tenderly won, and their innocent desires gratified, while every slyness is quietly shown to be as unavailing as it is disagreeable, and every movement towards ingenuousness cheerfully and lovingly encouraged. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z Gorky, meeting him in his old age, reports his conversation as unpleasantly obscene, and his whole attitude toward women one of furtive and unwholesome slyness. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z His large prominent eyes had a mixed expression of sarcasm and slyness; he stood there, half smiling, half embarrassed, with one hand playing with his brown, slightly grizzled beard as he listened to Rendalen. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:20.960Z They might have lived together always had it not been for the slyness and greediness of the Fox, who tried to over-reach his companion, who was not nearly so clever as he was. The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z But in spite of their slyness they were beaten. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z But mark the slyness of the dog: he pretended not to see where it had fallen, and to look for it in quite another place, until poor simple Aileen had found it and fetched it. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z The wild-cat has short intestines and is an animal of prey; the tame cat has long intestines, and betrays her old character only now and then by cunning and slyness. Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes 2011-08-29T02:01:12.927Z Huckins, who had been feeling his way up to this point, brightened as he noticed the slyness of the smile with which she emphasized this insinuation, and from this moment felt more assured. Cynthia Wakeham's Money 2011-07-18T02:00:24.717Z Looking back, too, he thought to discern a potential slyness beneath Clytie’s open ingenuousness; but as to this one he was disappointed. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z "Certainly sometimes discretion is the better part of recollection," giving her a look of great slyness as he spoke. A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z Max looked around the ring of faces and saw nothing but amusement at his warmth of expression, mingled with slyness, depicted upon them. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z He knew that Fox had long been looking for a wife, but that no one would have him as no one trusted him because his fame for treachery and slyness was so great. Canadian Fairy Tales 2011-05-30T02:00:14.087Z And a continual trickle of saliva added a disgusting realism to the image, which was, however, immediately dispelled by a human grin of profound slyness. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z "So you got caught for all your slyness?" which made the old fox so angry that he jumped up and ran at him on three legs. Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk 2011-05-09T02:00:03.903Z My slyness hurt more than it helped; If Bob had known, you see, He was too kind to do his best To get ahead of me. The Cornflower, and Other Poems 2011-04-07T02:00:18.740Z As the three entered the shop, the two girls looked at Max with an expression of indescribable slyness. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z But this ingenious slyness was not long hidden from the searching eye of Zesva, the valiant leader of the detachment. Caucasian Legends 2011-03-17T02:00:14.137Z My first uneasy impression was that he suspected the impersonation, gathered from the smiling slyness with which he looked at me. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z Or, finally, take a little bit of Chaucer’s deep, keen slyness, when he is speaking smilingly about himself and his own poetry. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z When the Crow was too lazy to search for food, she would resort to slyness. Verotchka's Tales 2011-01-24T03:00:16.880Z M. Formerie assumed an air of slyness: "And how was it that you did not follow that useful example?" 813 2010-12-28T03:00:13.553Z It really can make a beautiful pillow Is it fair to call a craftsperson “crafty,” which implies slyness? Questions for Martha Stewart: Craft Work 2010-05-07T15:26:00Z With a degree of acute perception wholly new to him, he watched the evidence of inner proximity, yet watched it automatically and certainly not meanly nor with slyness. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath With the slyness of a pair of cats, the evildoers crept up the companionway once more. At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy Tearful volubility followed—picturesque, lit up with Hibernian flashes, then rambling, and a hint of slyness in it which kept one weeping eye on duty watching Barres all the while. The Moonlit Way A certain slyness about the character of Agnes is its only drawback. A Short History of French Literature He would smile, and, with a slyness of humour, turn their bitterest taunts against the taunters, or banter them into good-humour, and effect a sale. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 He professed utter ignorance, but there was a slyness on his face which did not escape the notice of his questioners. The Daughters of a Genius The alien regarded him with its habitual expression of overpowering slyness. The Giants From Outer Space Mental derangement does not always assume a melancholy form: here and there we meet with most grotesque examples, whose peculiar slyness and original ideas are most amusing. Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 His skin was tanned and shiny, and a disagreeable expression of Turkish slyness lurked about his eyes and mouth. Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace "Not to settle her affairs in Florence," said D'Esmonde, with a quiet slyness. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Well, he was a very sly customer, and if he couldn't get a thing by fair means, he got it by foul, and I have inherited some of his slyness from him. St. Peter's Umbrella "A frankness he has reason to be thankful for," observed M. de Talleyrand, in a voice of sarcastic slyness. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I Profoundly simple in his modes of feeling, he was yet dominated by the habits of slyness and trickery which seem to be inherent in the truly savage breast. Under False Pretences A Novel It was like marching behind a man to knock him down: and the dastardly slyness of such an attack would have stained the fame of the United States. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 I suppose, dear Laskowski, that no one has ever doubted your slyness. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature There was an unspeakable degree of slyness in his expression, which kept me ill at ease; he seemed to lie there with his arms folded, like a spider waiting for prey. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) This, with a sort of quiet slyness, Rufe told me at an early period of our acquaintance. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) No, he would try threats, entreaties, slyness, cajolery, but his real weapon to overcome my opposition would be De Artigny. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West Little Walter had made his calculations without taking into consideration the slyness and respectability of the Hallemans. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland But there was more of slyness than bitterness in his tone. Dave Porter At Bear Camp or, The Wild Man of Mirror Lake "We shall learn if slyness and treachery are to be defeated by fair-going and honour." The O'Ruddy A Romance Then she was guilty of a most reprehensible act of slyness. A Breath of Prairie and other stories Regularly, every slack water, without slyness, boldly and openly in the broad day, Big Alec was to be seen running his line. Tales of the Fish Patrol His narrowed eyes gave a hint of slyness. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel In a couple of brief sentences, pleasing in the slyness of their gentle malice, Mr. Carr hits off a striking quality in the character of the Whistler we most of us knew. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 28, 1914 There are no tokens of humor or cheerfulness to be seen, but in its place there is plenty of cunning, slyness, and deceit, if there is any truth in physiognomy. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months A fine smile, not without a certain slyness, came on to the pale, bloodless lips of the monk, but he made no reply, and was evidently silent from a sense of his own dignity. The Brothers Karamazov The landlord, with a studied air of discretion, which was the more insulting for its very slyness, went, half on tiptoe, out. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange With her usual slyness, she kept her own counsel. Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore There are no tokens of humor or cheerfulness to be seen, but in their place there is plenty of apparent cunning, slyness, and deceit, if there is any truth in physiognomy. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands He was a slow-speaking Norman, with plenty of slyness under an appearance of good nature. The Red True Story Book There was just a touch of slyness in the question. The Slave of Silence In reply, Murat, whether from slyness or from a desire to gain time, requested a formal, written demand to that effect. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) He noted a change in Russell's face, a suggestion of craftiness, the merest shadow of slyness over his general attitude of anxiety. No Clue A Mystery Story Over-restraint and want of sympathy were direct instruction in unscrupulous slyness of amusement. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster He was a man of middle age, with a shrewd face whose expression was spoiled by an occasional look of slyness or glance of suspicion. A Tar-Heel Baron I can put up with your slyness no longer. The Light of Scarthey There was a look of slyness and cunning in his face, and his eyes glittered with desire. The House with the Green Shutters He was a very small man, wearing very large pantaloons, and he had a little countenance whose expression was a curious combination of rustic vacancy and incongruous slyness. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim To be perpetually supervised, questioned and shadowed is to be doubted, and doubt destroys confidence and creates fear, slyness and discontent in the other individual. The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 Now, however, the diabolical reason of his slyness was apparent. The heart of happy hollow A collection of stories We were to stay a week, an unusually long halt; and even before we arrived I detected a simple slyness in my good Vohrenlorf's demeanour. The King's Mirror It now has a suggestion of slyness, but in Milton's time meant sedate— "Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, Sober, stedfast, and demure." The Romance of Words (4th ed.) The woman’s answer to this was a look of exceeding slyness. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains She laughed with a hint of cool slyness and triumph. Lodusky She has the reputation of having the ‘wisdom of the serpent;’ the slyness of the cat, I think.” Janet's Love and Service He cannot read or write, and in conversation his nominatives are not always true to his verbs; but he has all the slyness and craftiness of the Indian. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 "That looks to me more like the cunning of a murderess than the slyness of a maniac," I said. Paul Patoff It was an odd face, completely blank of any thought or emotion, yet capable of shifting to a strange biting slyness in the briefest instant. The Link He laughed with a pleasing slyness, and gave me a dunt with his elbow on the side, a bit of the faun, a bit of the father, a bit of my father's friend. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn You are not very clever, for all your slyness. Mary Louise in the Country His face gave me a certain impression of slyness, which I did n't at all like. The Paternoster Ruby At the door of the mission she halted with the slyness that had been taught her from the cradle, bending her head forward to ascertain if any person were witness of her action. Tess of the Storm Country The shoemaker took the glass from him and looked round with offensive slyness. Light Freights He appeared to be somewhat excited, and went about his operations with an air at once of slyness and of mystery. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers I did not suspect such slyness in thee: proof enough I had almost forgotten thee. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Nothing could have been better than his manners—quiet, manly, civil, without the rather aggravating slyness of the ordinary French peasant, and with absolutely nothing of the infantine swagger of the small French bourgeois. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 He watched them as they came up, his small, pale eyes narrowing under their yellow lashes with a glint of slyness, like some mean little animal that meant to take advantage of its prey. A Voice in the Wilderness Your frankness and your slyness together are the funniest combination! Patty Blossom It was like a child, frightened into slyness, coaxing its mother. Little Novels of Italy If by such successes I was encouraged to cultivate my natural slyness and duplicity, I throw the blame on my unwise preceptors, and am glad to be rid of the burden for once. The Promised Land Perhaps you are thinking now that I am very sly; and so I am, but not because I love slyness. A Soldier of the Legion He combines the ferocity of the tiger, the slyness of the fox, and the shape of a monkey. The Kentucky Ranger His dark eyes, peering from beneath projecting brows, gleamed with energy, mixed with an expression of slyness and sagacity, and his full lips were generally stained at the corners of his mouth with tobacco juice. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis No one would have suspected Sir Denis of slyness, but the look he shot at the girl was certainly sly. Mary Gray She had read him and was openly rejoicing in what she thought his slyness. The Call of the Blood A queer look of extraordinary eagerness, almost of slyness, transformed it, chasing away something of its soft beauty. A Soldier of the Legion Then he remembered the new man of business in him, and added, with a slyness obvious from across the street, "Oh, and ourselves too, ourselves too, I admit that." Quisanté Little Three Eyes, to be sure, shut it, and made believe to go to sleep, but only through slyness; for she winked with it, and could see everything quite well. The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew The same may be said of immoral traits, such as criminality, pauperism, delinquency, irascibility, lying, truancy, superstition, clannishness, secretiveness, despondency, slyness, exclusiveness, vanity, cunning, cruelty, quickness to anger, revengefulness, etc. How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science Then Sebastiano drew from the inner pocket of his old jacket a little flute, smiling with an air of intense and comic slyness which contorted his face. The Call of the Blood They do not whisper with unsavoury slyness that such and such a man was "seen" going into a bank. George Bernard Shaw Although quite free from slyness, or anything unpleasantly furtive, it had a shut, reserved look when his eyes were cast down. The Way of Ambition I would have given my right hand rather than have to admit a flaw in her—that is, the one fatal flaw: slyness hidden under apparent frankness, which means an inherited tendency to deceit. Set in Silver We fed and watered Geronimo with a pitchfork, and in terror then, for his slyness and cunning were on a par with his other pleasant peculiarities. Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters My suspicions about his slyness, by the way, were quite unfounded. The Prairie Wife He ate it, laughing to himself all the time at his own slyness, and wondering what his friend Lin would think if he chanced to count his ducks that night. A Chinese Wonder Book It was here, too, that his slyness, his natural circuitiveness, operated to save him. Never-Fail Blake He experienced an unaccountable, disquieting sensation of guilt, of complicity in an evil deed, of a certain slyness that urged him to hide something from this shrewd old man. From the Housetops "I thought," Tedham ventured, with a sort of timorous slyness, "that perhaps you might approach it casually, without any reference to me." A Pair of Patient Lovers "I'm sure," said Richard, putting on a look of innocent slyness, like a lamb engaged in intrigue, "had I known that you might feel Mr. Gwynn's going away, I would have kept him with us." The President A novel It should be known that man's internal will is in the lusts; his internal understanding in the slynesses; his external will in the enjoyments of the lusts; and his external understanding in the sly scheming. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence People call it theft, when it is effected with secrecy and slyness; robbery, when there is a suggestion of force or violence. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals His "Two Married Women and the Widow" has a good deal of Chaucer's slyness and humour. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country Then he added, with a curious sort of naïve slyness, “But I haven't said I didn't have any elephant.” The Debtor A Novel "What do you think yourself now?" she said, looking up at him with an inimitable slyness, and pronouncing her words so as to imitate the broad simplicity of countryside speech. The Black Douglas Anyone can see that lusts and their enjoyments make one, that slynesses and scheming also do, and that the four are one series and as it were make a single bundle. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence Mrs. Merrill had a measure of slyness and secrecy which her daughter did not inherit. By the Light of the Soul A Novel What his humour loses in boldness, it gains in depth and slyness. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country They were medium sized men, as pallid of face as Newman, himself, and their faces gave one the impression of both slyness and force. The Blood Ship It has the same slyness and cunning, the same stealthy tread, besides an additional mischievousness and greed. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making While this particular battle was raging, there came an interruption which Mary V first considered sinister, then peculiar, and at last, after much cogitation, extremely suspicious and a further evidence of Johnny's slyness. Skyrider Clean-shaven, sleek of hair, he wore an expression of cautious slyness that implied a mental attitude ever on guard against some sudden exposure of his real feelings. Adrien Leroy He winked at me, glanced around the room, and with an indescribable air of slyness dived a hand into his breast-pocket. Poison Island A panther is like a cat in slyness or cunning, watching stealthily for prey and springing upon it in the most unexpected way. Connor Magan's Luck and Other Stories Did she never really care for the fellow, or is this some of what Mrs. Talbot had designated as Florence's "slyness"? The Haunted Chamber A Novel In the genuinely dissipated face there was always a suggestion of slyness in ambush, peeping out of the wrinkles around the eyes and the lips. The Ragged Edge Somehow, the old gentleman has an amazing sly look—a sort of wild slyness—about him, seems to me. Israel Potter It was the Italian servant, Howat decided; and immediately he recognized why he disliked the other—it was because he expressed an aspect of slyness that lay over Ludowika and himself. The Three Black Pennys A Novel A suspicion of the truth flashed into Violet's mind; but she put it resolutely from her; she would not believe Gracie capable of slyness and deceit. Elsie's New Relations He calls to mind all Mrs. Talbot had said about her slyness, and feels disheartened. The Haunted Chamber A Novel Dudley, grinning, looked with a languishing slyness at me, biting the edge of his wide-awake, which he held over his breast. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Now it struck up an air that Yeovil had already heard whistled several times since his landing, an air with a captivating suggestion of slyness and furtive joyousness running through it. When William Came He doubtless had to drive himself to do this, because in spite of his slinking slyness he was jovial and enjoyed a joke. Là-bas She could not get out of her mind the ugly slyness of that smile which succeeded on his face the first passionate look of deadly hatred. The Magician Uncle Issy did as he was required, and the henpecked one played his part of the comedy with elaborate slyness. I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales Well beyond the open door, stealing from pillar to pillar in the dimness and moving with that swiftness and slyness which proclaim a covert purpose as effectually as would a bell, he saw old Malakh. Romance Island He nestles so demurely, You'd think him safer surely; And yet for all his shyness, There's danger in his slyness! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 Pugatchéf looked sharply at me, winking from time to time his left eye with an indefinable expression of slyness and mockery. The Daughter of the Commandant For a minute they looked at one another, Kovrin with amazement, and the monk with friendliness, and, just as before, a little slyness, as though he were thinking something to himself. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories And now we take the second column, which begins with the jackal ideograph expressing slyness or cleverness. The Tracer of Lost Persons And there again, mark the slyness of him, thinks the girl looking on. The Song of the Blood-Red Flower Tee-hee was sly, "as sly as they make 'em", but it was a kind of slyness that commands respect. The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands He stood quite still, regarding Miss Browne with a smile of infinite slyness. Spanish Doubloons His features were sharp; his eyes small, set wide apart, of a light gray colour, and with all the slyness of a fox lurking within their furtive glances. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance The butler, who had taken the chair which Mr. Lindsey had pointed out, rubbed his hands, and looked at us with an undeniable expression of cunning and slyness. Dead Men's Money There is a slyness about some of his sketches which breathes something of the Horatian facetiousness. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II "If they were to find out!" she would say apprehensively, and then perhaps giggle at the slyness of it all. Tommy and Grizel "Cry, cries, crying, cried, crier, decrial; Shy, shyer, shyest, shyly, shyness; Fly, flies, flying, flier, high-flier; Sly, slyer, slyest, slyly, slyness; Spy, spies, spying, spied, espial; Dry, drier, driest, dryly, dryness." The Grammar of English Grammars Tell him that, when I am gone, he may have Constantinople, provided only"—and a certain slyness appeared in the Sultan's eye—"that he can get it. Further Foolishness There was more slyness in it than ever his beard could hide. Tales of Three Hemispheres The slyness of the Head Constable, in the left hand corner, half smothered in his mock robes, is expressively told; and the painter is a capital likeness. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 336, October 18, 1828 Our life went on precisely as before—Mabel unreal and outwardly so still; Frances, secretive, anxious, tactful to the point of slyness, and keen to save to the point of self-forgetfulness. The Damned "Our author prides himself upon his great slyness and shrewdness." The Grammar of English Grammars I was modest—I was accused of slyness: I grew secretive. A Hero of Our Time Regularly, every slack water, without slyness, boldly and openly in the broad day, Big Alec was to be seen running his line. Tales of the Fish Patrol I accuse him boldly, in his capacity of servant to man, of slyness and treachery. Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices His instincts of cunning and slyness may be aroused, so that things henceforth appeal to him on the side of evasion and trickery more than would otherwise have been the case. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education Oh! the age of the face that was turned up again, with an expression, half of melancholy, half of slyness, on it! Dombey and Son The villains fell into the trap completely— I hid the Prince away—still sleeping sweetly: I called him "son" with pardonable slyness— His name, Luiz! The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan As for the bargain, it was wrinkled slyness and craft pitted against native truth and sagacity. House of the Seven Gables Merely looking at me with extravagant slyness, and not waiting for any reply, she continued, without drawing breath: 'There! David Copperfield Tears,' said Job, with a look of momentary slyness—'tears are not the only proofs of distress, nor the best ones.' The Pickwick Papers Sometimes it is an allusion which has its strength in long association of certain qualities with certain characters in fairydom—like the slyness of Brother Fox, and the cruelty of Brother Wolf. How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell The detective thought this a masterpiece of slyness, this endeavor to throw them off the track. Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology He frowned and bit his lip—and felt uncomfortable, though he protested to himself that he was simply irritated at her slyness. The Grain of Dust The poor drawing would not matter if he could catch that subtle look which was not slyness but something more dignified and important. The Lost Prince "Lizzie, I suppose, was expecting a visitor," said the old man, with a kind of solemn slyness. The Europeans But even this satisfaction she denied him, and his only revenge was in making, two or three times afterward, a softly ironical allusion to her slyness. Roderick Hudson But the slyness with which he slipped in that last question put me on my guard. The Moonstone She had long, veiled-looking brown eyes, turned up at the corners, which gave to her glance an amusing slyness. Love's Shadow There is a cautious slyness about this, as if the Colonel was fishing for information; but it is too clever for Dering, who is going with a 'Thank you, sir.' Echoes of the War It became the slyness of the watching animal, that feels the enemy. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I London was captivated by the abnormal combination of snow and slyness which she presented to it, and began at once to make much of her. The Woman with the Fan And satires at the Court were levelled, And small lampoons, so full of slynesses, That soon, in short, they quite bedeviled Their Majesties and Royal Highnesses. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes The qualities of his style are peculiar, slyness and cleverness in jesting being his predominant qualities. The Canadian Elocutionist German Heinrich stood silent, but every feature eloquently expressed first amazement, and then slyness and cunning; his knavish, malicious eye, measured Otto from top to toe. O. T. a Danish Romance The old man glanced up at him with innocent slyness. Indian Summer Her straw-coloured hair was done low in the nape of her snowy neck, and, as she took her little steps, her white skirt trailed over the carpet behind her with a sort of virginal slyness. The Woman with the Fan Mr. Mole half smelt a lurking sarcasm in this, but the honest tar's face showed no signs of slyness. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece She had a narrow, narrow face, with eyes of terrible slyness, an applausive smile, and a demeanor of slavish patronage. Venetian Life A negative method trains the child to be hard and critical, and to be constantly looking for opposition to his wishes; it is the chief cause also of slyness, ill-temper and disrespect. Parent and Child Volume III., Child Study and Training Bobby wouldn't meet the narrow, menacing eyes, for he knew that Howells challenged him to a duel of slyness with the whole truth at stake. The Abandoned Room She asked herself why she wished to, and said to herself that Miss Schley's slyness bored her. The Woman with the Fan They had long learnt to repent of their slyness in concealing the stowaway on board the "Westward Ho!" Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece And truly it did be an Humpt Man, and came forward very silent and with a quick slyness, as that he did track the Maid secretly; for he lookt alway to the earth. The Night Land I thought when you came that you were a quiet, well-conducted young woman, and I could scarcely believe my eyes when I first saw that I was mistaken, and that your quietness was only slyness. At Love's Cost M. D'Hemecourt flushed in a way quite incomprehensible to the speaker, who nevertheless continued: "It was the charges," he said, with some slyness in his smile. Old Creole Days He suddenly remembered to be discreet, and winked one eye with indescribable slyness. Purple Springs Again he had that sweet taste in his mouth, and his saliva collected abundantly, but his cheeks turned rosy and in his eyes began to glisten his former somewhat savage slyness. The Seven Who Were Hanged When I gently asked why the sight of me had made him think about it, he explained, with a look of infinite slyness, that he saw I was reading a book. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Sally, on the contrary, had devoted herself to him, and on several occasions he thought that her blunt straightforward manner was better than the other's slyness. Spring Days "It is to be wished that all our bugbears might offer as pleasant a revelation, if we had the courage, or the slyness"—he laughed—"to investigate." The Guest of Quesnay "I am speaking of the old lady," said Mr. Gibson, who, in spite of his slyness, was here thrown a little off his guard. He Knew He Was Right He had his mother's face, and a covetousness and slyness of character prone to trivial intrigues, in which his father's instincts predominated. The Fortune of the Rougons His character was a combination of covetousness and slyness: his greatest desire was the acquisition of rapid fortune, gained without work. A Zola Dictionary; the Characters of the Rougon-Macquart Novels of Emile Zola; Here's a little sweet bite for you and me, Sue," said she, with childish, sweet slyness, "when Jinny and Ma go to the lecture to-night, we'll have OUR little party, too. Saturday's Child Above his gigantic body was a lowering face that showed a capacity for slyness or viciousness, whichever better served his turn. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days "Why did you tell me?" asked Mrs. Clover, a flush on her comely face, which could not yet smile, though she asked the question with a suggestion of slyness. The Town Traveller There was much feline slyness in the depths of her little black eyes, which suggested gimlet holes. The Fortune of the Rougons It behooved me to counter with equal slyness. The Red Planet By no means undignified, the face presented that combination of slyness and jocundity which we are accustomed to imagine of the canonical jolly-dogs in mediaeval tales. The Hand of Ethelberta In my Foreword I have compared the humorous vein of the comic tales with our northern "wut," chiefly for the dryness and slyness which pervade it. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 Neither her audacity nor her slyness will make her escape the lynx eyes of the sentinel, who will put her to flight with a threatening gesture or, if she persist, crush her with her nippers. Bramble-Bees and Others Some people like to say that it betrays the subtlety and slyness of the Oriental people. The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth Each actor as he entered stopped for a moment and stared about him, and in this act revealed his character-his conceit, his slyness, his bravado, his self-importance. Their Pilgrimage A culpable slyness, which marked him as a boy, had been moulded by Time, the Improver, into honourable circumspection. Desperate Remedies Then he broke into a soft laugh that had a note of slyness. The Lion's Skin Distance belongs to it, slyness belongs to it, queerest things on earth belongs to it! Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school His tone was sly—so sly that I answered nothing, for to answer a sly man is to assist him, and my business was to let him betray the cause of this slyness. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series There was a note of slyness in this inquiry. Crime and Punishment The Labor groups when they burst out into violence merely responded to the passion which men naturally feel at injustice and at suffering; to their violence they did not add slyness or legal deceits. Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography Nor did he suspect, till long after, that it was in reality slyness, so tempered with archness, that, if discovered, it might easily pass for an expression playfully assumed. David Elginbrod The eyes, of a sea-green, and circled, like those of parrots, with a gray and wrinkled membrane, expressed slyness and avarice in an eminent degree. The Brotherhood of Consolation "Will you put off this slyness and be plain?" The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series He said this with an air of a sort of gay winking slyness, keeping his eyes fixed on Raskolnikov, who turned white and cold, hearing his own phrases, spoken to Sonia. Crime and Punishment At such times there is no trace of hatred or spite in his eyes, but a great deal of humour, and that peculiar fox-like slyness which is only to be noticed in very observant people. The Wife, and other stories Should you, in desperate slyness, seek some forlorn alley or dark passageway and lie down, the omnipresent policeman will rout you out just the same. The People of the Abyss And yet, my friend," Dr. Middleton balanced himself, and with an air of benevolent slyness the import of which did not awaken Willoughby, until too late, remarked: "They might concern you. The Egoist "It's a long ways to come and leave a family," she remarked with painful slyness. The Wind in the rose-bush and other stories of the supernatural Everything is settled—with more slyness on my part. The Black Robe But, disregarding the danger that attends all attempts at subtilty with Normans, she employed the inventive wit and slyness which Nature grants to women in opposing the four rivals one against the other. The Recruit Stepan Arkadyevitch evidently had the same desire, and on his face Levin saw the look of anxiety always present in a true sportsman when beginning shooting, together with a certain good-humored slyness peculiar to him. Anna Karenina The commandant's wink gave a kind of profound slyness to his last utterance; then he began to make a survey. The Country Doctor Moreover, an incredible amount of effort, persistence, and slyness is often made use of for the purpose of committing an immense act of foolishness. Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students Here she put on a little slyness of aspect, and seemed willing to submit to interruption. Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon — Volume 1 He had a genuine conviction that lack of physical persistence in any task involving money must be due to some subtle weakness of character itself, to some profound shiftlessness or slyness. The Turmoil, a novel If he went on beside him, he observed him with the slyness of an old white fox. Bleak House |
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