Word: slyness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...received a delegation of frightened hens. He had a friendly chat with them all, and in no way did he take advantage of his slyness to deceive the petitioners and the critics...
...growing U.S. audience, the names of British Novelists Henry Green and Joyce Gary suggest writing that shines with wit and good humor even when they are dealing with serious stuff. Though Gary's work runs to richness and Green's to slyness, they have one thing in common: they make most U.S. novelists of 1950 seem lugubriously pedestrian...