To be acting in a sly or clever manner.
So, our clever hero Odysseus is always slying, in fact, but at the same time caught in the curse of fate.
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To do something on the sly is doing something sneakily, like a ninja.
"Check it out, I stole this on the sly."
"I'm skiving off school, on the sly of course."
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To do something cunningly, preferably without any one seeing, apart from your best mate to prove you did it
"Hey Jo, see that girl there? Well we danced and she is now carrying my child!!!"
" Slllly!"
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Shorter, easier way of saying
'on the sly' meaning 'in secret' or 'not obviously'.

Usually pronounced like 'ont sly' by people from the north of england.
Chloe: aww look at you, you're well excited on sly!
Amy: I so am not!!
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secretive, being very smooth or mischevious
Wow Kelly you are one sly dog

Did you see her jump that kid, she was so sly

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so like when I'm imagining "sly" I just see a real slick looking dude just posted up against a suspicious building under a shadow.. zoom in and the fucker has a tooth pick in his mouth just so effortlessly sweet
that nigga think he so sly but he's white so...
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