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sly

How many syllables in sly?

  1 syllable

Divide sly into syllables:   sly
Syllable stress:   sly
How to pronounce sly:   slahy
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Synonyms for sly


1 syllable
  • slick
    2 syllables
    • artful
    • clever
    • cunning
    • foxy
    • guileful
    • slinky
    • subtle
    • wily
    • canny
    • crafty
    • feline
    • furtive
    • secret
    • stealthy
    • tricky
    3 syllables
    • devious
    • politic
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
      6 syllables
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        What rhymes with sly

        1 syllable
        • ay
        • bae
        • Bligh
        • by
        • cai
        • chi
        • cy
        • die
        • dye
        • fae
        • fie
        • fry
        • gae
        • hi
        • high
        • I
        • kwai
        • lie
        • ly
        • mei
        • ngai
        • NYE
        • pi
        • ply
        • pty
        • rye
        • sci
        • sigh
        • Skye
        • spy
        • sty
        • tae
        • Tai
        • thigh
        • tie
        • try
        • tye
        • vie
        • wry
        • wye
        • y
        • aye
        • bi
        • buy
        • bye
        • chai
        • cry
        • di
        • dry
        • eye
        • fi
        • fly
        • Frye
        • guy
        • hie
        • Hy
        • i
        • lai
        • lxi
        • lye
        • my
        • nigh
        • phi
        • pie
        • pry
        • pye
        • sai
        • shy
        • sky
        • spry
        • Sri
        • Sy
        • tai
        • Thai
        • thy
        • tri
        • Ty
        • vi
        • why
        • Wye
        • Y
        2 syllables
        • alai
        • awry
        • bely
        • comply
        • defy
        • denyer
        • Dubai
        • good-bye
        • goodbye's
        • hi-fi
        • July
        • nearby
        • reply
        • Shanghai
        • supply
        • untie
        • whereby
        • apply
        • belie
        • bonsai
        • decry
        • deny
        • descry
        • dui
        • goodbye
        • hereby
        • imply
        • mistry
        • rely
        • retry
        • standby
        • thereby
        • Versailles
        • WY
        3 syllables
        • bonsela
        • misapply
        • PSI
        • replyer
        • semidry
        • underly
        • fryable
        • overfly
        • psi
        • resupply
        • underlie
        • underlye
        4 syllables
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