Hypertext Webster Gateway: "foxy"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
foxy
adj : 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" [syn: {crafty}, {cunning},
{dodgy}, {guileful}, {knavish}, {slick}, {sly}, {tricksy},
{tricky}, {wily}]
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