Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
SLYLY
craftily, cunningly, foxily, knavishly, slyly, trickily, artfully
(adverb) in an artful manner; “he craftily arranged to be there when the decision was announced”; “had ever circumstances conspired so cunningly?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
slyly (comparative more slyly, superlative most slyly)
In a sly manner, cunningly.
Anagrams
• lysyl
Source: Wiktionary
Sly"ly, adv.
Definition: In a sly manner; shrewdly; craftily. Honestly and slyly he it spent. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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