دیکشنری فارسی

on the sly

UKwʌnðsliː

معنی فارسی

درنهان درخفا نهاني

ریشه و کاربرد

ریشه

Literal meaning of doing something in a sly or secretive way.

مثال

  • He ate the cookies on the sly when no one was looking.
  • She bought the gift on the sly so it would be a surprise.
  • The children stayed up late on the sly to watch a movie.

ترکیب‌های رایج

Do something on the sly Act on the sly Meet on the sly

تعریف انگلیسی

adverb
  1. in a furtive manner “the soldiers were furtively crawling through the night” “Derived from adjective: furtive (for: furtively)”

مترادف‌ها

Furtively, slyly.

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