larcenous vs sly

larcenous

adj
  • Given to larceny, tending to thievery. 

  • Resembling theft, often applied to legal actions that seem unfair. 

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 larcenous and sly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )