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Recent Examples of slickly
Earlier this year, Tiffany Stratton, not very slickly, mentioned Charlotte Flair's three divorces during a promo ahead of WrestleMania 41.
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Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slickly
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Court filings from the former players allege how Lorch methodically groomed and abused children from some of the nation’s poorest communities, cunningly and cruelly preying on their desperation and love of the city game, on an almost industrial scale.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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The complex portrayal wasn’t that far from Göring, who was the guy behind the guy atop the Nazi hierarchy who on the surface was a charming narcissist reputed to be a great dinner party guest, but was at heart a cunningly manipulative villain.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
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Some players struggled against the size of bigger and stronger players, while others craftily created space with deft footwork and manipulation.—
Devin Robertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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Coffee prices have been increasing sharply since the start of this year.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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The number of foreign residents has risen sharply in recent years, reaching a record 3 percent of the population in 2024, as Tokyo cautiously loosened visa rules for workers in key industries such as manufacturing, agriculture, and caregiving.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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There have been more egregious Hollywood glow-ups than that of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren in the Conjuring movies, but how many of those have also been so insidiously appealing?—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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The mother of Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes slyly wore one of the sweatshirts to the Chiefs-Lions game Sunday in a photo with daughter, Mia, and daughter-in-law Brittany Mahomes.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 Oct. 2025
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The cast rattles off the snappy dialogue, jagged with tension and menace, in performances that wink just slyly enough at the wry, knowing way that the characters deploy—and embody—gangland stereotypes.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
28 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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But this workaday agenda has been artfully wrapped in therapy-speak.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Chef and co-owner Gina Genshlea works with winemakers Colleen Clothier and Sam Wharton to artfully blend seasonal meals with a snapshot of the Sacramento Valley’s wine scene.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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Changing congressional maps in a bid to ensure one party’s victory over another — called gerrymandering — has typically been done more furtively.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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The show, which followed a crooked New Mexican lawyer, played by Bob Odenkirk, was an archly funny drama, shot partly in gritty black-and-white.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Much as Wes Anderson and Yorgos Lanthimos have plumbed Dafoe’s deliciously wicked sense of humor in pieces that straddle the line between the real and the archly stylized, Solnicki understands that a strong Dafoe performance must always teeter between the two.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Slickly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slickly. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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