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sli·er

(slī′ər)

adj.

A comparative of sly.

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slier

(ˈslaɪə)

adj

a comparative of sly

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sly

(slaɪ)

adj. sly•er sli•er, sly•est sli•est, adj.

1. cunning or wily.

2. stealthy; surreptitious.

3. mischievous or roguish: sly humor.

4. on the sly, secretly; furtively.

Idiom.

[1175–1225; Middle English sly, sley < Old Norse slŒgr sly, cunning]

sly′ly, adv.

sly′ness, n.

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(63.) See Slier et al., supra note 28, at 1502 ("Support for student editing was higher across all profession groups than it was for student selection of articles."); Wise et al., supra note 14, al 45 ("The attorneys, judges, law professors, and even the student editors all believed that law reviews do a better job editing than selecting articles." (footnotes omitted)).

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