Or a sly commentary on elusive beauty?

The earliest known Easter egg was a sly commentary on politics.

Jokes usually dealt with life in the military, but also included sly commentaries on post-war civilian life, relations with women, and native islanders.

Has there ever been a funnier use of digital technology for sly social commentary?

Is the pervasive elitism a sly commentary on the failure of 1960's idealists to radicalize the rest of the country?

Rob Owen of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette concurred, writing that it "succeeds because it offers sly cultural commentary."

Mr. Warren gives his cast scope to blend sly commentary with precise interpretation.

The novel's quotidian improbabilities offer a sly commentary on the politically surreal.

HIS role as the Brother remains his favorite, Mr. Morton said, because of its sly commentary on race.

- a sly commentary on Mr. Gore's penchant for rehearsing to appear natural.