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English Dictionary: Foxy by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foxy
adj
  1. marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
    Synonym(s): crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foxy \Fox"y\, a.
      1. Like or pertaining to the fox; foxlike in disposition or
            looks; wily.
  
                     Modred's narrow, foxy face.               --Tennyson.
  
      2. Having the color of a fox; of a yellowish or reddish brown
            color; -- applied sometimes to paintings when they have
            too much of this color.
  
      3. Having the odor of a fox; rank; strong smeelling.
  
      4. Sour; unpleasant in taste; -- said of wine, beer, etc.,
            not properly fermented; -- also of grapes which have the
            coarse flavor of the fox grape.
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