HyperDic: foxy

English > 1 sense of the word foxy:
ADJECTIVEallfoxy, crafty, cunning, dodgy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wilymarked by skill in deception
foxy > pronunciation
Soundsfaa'ksiy
Rhymesabsorbency ... Yangtze: 255 rhymes with siy...
English > foxy: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningmarked by skill in deception.
Example "a foxy scheme"
Synonymscrafty, cunning, dodgy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
Broaderartfulmarked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft
Spanishartero, astuto, bellaco, ladino, pícaro, sagaz, socarrón, taimado
Catalanastut, bergant, murri, sagaç, sorneguer
Nounsfoxa shifty deceptive person
foxinessshrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
Adverbsfoxilyin an artful manner

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