[ US /ˈfɑksi/ ]
[ UK /fˈɒksi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. marked by skill in deception
    deep political machinations
    sly as a fox
    tricky Dick
    deep political machinations
    a slick evasive answer
    a wily old attorney
    a foxy scheme
    cunning men often pass for wise
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How To Use foxy In A Sentence

  • He let a neighbourly grin slide over his foxy face.
  • As fast as leather makes you look leathery, fur makes you look foxy. Times, Sunday Times
  • They had no children but shared their home with their corgis Foxy and Lady.
  • Joy for an undertaker, Rich for a pauper, or Noble for a tailor; Big for a lean or little person, and Small for one who is broad in the rear and abdominous in the van; Short for a fellow six feet without his shoes, or Long for him whose high heels barely elevate him to the height of five; Sweet for one who has either a vinegar face, or a foxy complexion; Younghusband for an old bachelor; Merryweather for any one in November or February, a black spring, a cold summer, or a wet autumn; Goodenough for a person no better than he should be; Toogood for _any_ human creature; and Best for a subject who is perhaps too bad to be endured. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 459 Volume 18, New Series, October 16, 1852
  • A grin slid over his foxy face.
  • M. O'BRIEN: So if you're a country guy, do you call it a faux pas or a foxy possie (ph)? CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2006
  • We see the camera lens fog up whenever Micha lays eyes on his crush, the ridiculously foxy Miriam.
  • They had a female singer who also played the occasional keyboard line on a synth, a very foxy left-handed bass player (she was lovely!) and the guitarist chappy who I'd previously seen playing with another band.
  • Then Foxy Davis had seemed a debonair remotely superior, and glamorous personage.
  • It is a hardy variety with some bunch-rot disease resistance, but can easily result in foxy, grapy flavors if not picked early enough. The New York Cork Report:
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