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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Slick VS sly

What is the difference between slick and sly?
  

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Slick is more slangy than the word sly. Slick denotes greasy, (oil slick), he slicked his hair back. So, from my perspective anyway, someone slick is pretty cool and also smart/clever.

  • Slick is more slangy than the word sly.
  • Slick denotes greasy, (oil slick), he slicked his hair back.
  • So, from my perspective anyway, someone slick is pretty cool and also smart/clever.
  • For example: a guy is in a bar and a really beautiful girl walks in.
  • He walks up to her looking cool and confident, he quickly manages to talk to her, charm her and get her number.
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Slick is more slangy than the word sly.

Slick denotes greasy, (oil slick), he slicked his hair back. So, from my perspective anyway, someone slick is pretty cool and also smart/clever. For example: a guy is in a bar and a really beautiful girl walks in. He walks up to her looking cool and confident, he quickly manages to talk to her, charm her and get her number. You could say of him "t
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slick:smooth and glossy; sleek.

sly:cunning or wily: sly as a fox.

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