The trick was to send out clippings so sly that a tired editor might not notice that they were written by an advertising outfit.

NEWYORKER: The Lie Factory

The two men do so with gallantry and grace, a sly wit and very real wisdom.

ECONOMIST: Make sure you pick the right Beckett

In my bedroom in Georgia, I had disconnected the speaker of my Philco TV set (surely risking electrocution) so I could watch Johnny on the sly, my headphones in place, long after my bedtime had come and gone.

WSJ: Remembering a time before 'Tonight' left New York

In order to dedicate herself solely to me, she never married, and, in a sweetly sly way, she never let me marry either so as not to have to share her protectorate.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Borges and the Eternal Orangutans'

So, that's - at San Francisco - oh I was listening to little stuff on the sly but I wasn't interested in secular music.

NPR: Etta James: Still Singing Her Song