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foxy

/ˈfɑksi/ adjective C2
  1. Having the qualities of a fox.
  2. Cunning, sly.
  3. Attractive, sexy (of a woman). (informal)
  4. Of a person, especially a woman, having reddish-brown hair.
  5. Using too much of the reddish-brown colors.
  6. Of wine, having an animal-like odor.
  7. With a worldview synthesizing many different ideas.

Comparative foxier · Superlative foxiest

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Holmes had already wired to Forbes, and we found him waiting to receive us—a small, foxy man with a sharp but by no means amiable expression.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 78 · B2

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