cattish vs sly

cattish

adj
  • sly and spiteful; marked by malice 

  • catlike; in the manner of a cat 

  • stealthy 

sly

adj
  • Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily. 

  • Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle 

  • Light or delicate; slight; thin. 

  • Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice 

adv
  • Slyly. 

How often have the words cattish and sly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )