frivolous vs sly

frivolous

adj
  • Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; trivial. 

  • Having no reasonable prospect of success because its claim is without merit, lacking a supporting legal or factual basis, while the filing party is, or should be, aware of this. 

  • Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner. 

sly

adj
  • Light or delicate; slight; thin. 

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

  • Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily. 

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

adv
  • Slyly. 

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