From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
on the sly
- (idiomatic) Slyly, in an inconspicuous manner, so as not to be seen; secretly; stealthily.
- Synonyms: clandestinely, furtively, on the down-low, on the quiet, on the Q.T.
1857, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 16, in The Virginians:This diversion was enjoyed on the sly, and unknown to the ladies of the house.
Translations[edit]
slyly, in an inconspicuous manner, so as not to be seen; secretly; stealthily
- Azerbaijani: əlaltından, əlaltı
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 偷偷 (zh) (tōutōu), 悄悄 (zh) (qiāoqiāo)
- Dutch: in het geheim
- Finnish: vaivihkaa (fi), salaa (fi)
- French: en douce (fr), à la dérobée (fr), en cachette (fr), à la sauvette (fr)
- Galician: ás agachadas
- German: heimlich (de)
- Hungarian: titokban (hu), lopva (hu), alattomban (hu), suttyomban (hu)
- Polish: ukradkiem (pl)
- Russian: втихаря́ (ru) (vtixarjá), исподтишка́ (ru) (ispodtišká), тайко́м (ru) (tajkóm), укра́дкой (ru) (ukrádkoj), потихо́ньку (ru) (potixónʹku), тихо́нько (ru) (tixónʹko)
- Spanish: de extranjis
- Swedish: i smyg (sv)
|
Anagrams[edit]
