Which of the following words would be the best substitute for the word 'sly' in this passage.

Bright

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wise

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devious

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dim

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Solution

The correct option is C devious
In the opening sentence,'.... In Manu Joseph's debut novel Serious Men, the protagonist, Ayyan Mani; is a sly, scheming Dalit-Buddhist who almost gets away with passing off his partially deaf son, Adi, as a prodigy,....' The word sly mean deceitful. Therefore option (c) is correct,

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