Definition: sly, shifty, underhanded, insidious
Cet homme-là a l'air sournois - That guy looks shifty
Il n'hésite pas à utiliser des méthodes sournoises - He doesn't hesitate to use underhanded methods.
Related: sournoisement (adv) - slyly, stealthily; la sournoiserie (literary) - slyness, shiftiness, underhanded nature
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Cet homme-là a l'air sournois - That guy looks shifty
Il n'hésite pas à utiliser des méthodes sournoises - He doesn't hesitate to use underhanded methods.
Related: sournoisement (adv) - slyly, stealthily; la sournoiserie (literary) - slyness, shiftiness, underhanded nature
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Pronunciation: [soor nwa]Audio Link
