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nosedive or tailspin: Prices on the stock market slumped
following announcement of a rise in interest rates. 3 See
slouch, 1, above.
slur
n. 1 smear, insult, calumny, aspersion, affront, stigma, stain,
blot, spot, (black) mark, discredit, insinuation, innuendo,
imputation, slander, libel, slight, Colloq put-down: She
resents any slur on her husband's character.
--v. 2 mumble, misarticulate, garble, stutter, lisp: Some
people nowadays slur their speech so badly that one can hardly
understand them. 3 slur over. gloss over, pass over, disregard,
give short shrift to, ignore: The eulogies at the memorial
service slurred over his faults and focused on his
accomplishments.
sly
adj. 1 cunning, artful, crafty, clever, wily, guileful,
underhand(ed), deceitful, treacherous, foxy, scheming, plotting,
designing, conniving, furtive, shrewd, sneaky, stealthy,
insidious, devious, disingenuous, tricky, shifty, sharp, canny,
Colloq shady: It was devilishly sly of him to manoeuvre you
into paying for his party. 2 impish, elfish, roguish,
mischievous, puckish, devilish, scampish, naughty, arch,
waggish: Even as he was flirting with Allison he was giving
Antonia sly, conspiratorial winks.
--n. 3 on the sly. slyly or slily, quietly, surreptitiously,
covertly, stealthily, furtively, sneakily, underhandedly,
clandestinely, Colloq on the q.t. or Q.T., on the side:
Although her parents had forbidden her to see him again, Antonia
continued to meet Kevin on the sly.
19.8 small...
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adj. 1 little, tiny, short, diminutive, petite, mignon(ne),
wee, teeny, elfin, Lilliputian, midget, miniature, minute,
minuscule, baby, bantam, pocket(-sized), mini; undersized,
immature, young, under age; Colloq pint-sized, US peewee: She
was once small enough to fit into a size 7. When I was very
small, my father took me to my first cricket match. 2 slight,
secondary, insignificant, trivial, inconsequential, lesser,