sleeke

Adjective

sleek (comparative sleeker, superlative sleekest)

1. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth
   • sleek hair

   Synonyms:

   frictionless, silky, downy, even, flat, lanate, level, silken, silklike, slick

2. Glossy.

   Synonyms:

   glacé, sheeny, glassy, glossy, lacquerlike, satiny, slickered, splendent, vitreous

3. Not rough or harsh.
   • Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek.1673, John Milton, “Sonnet 11”, in Poems, line 10

   Synonyms:

   civilized, classy, elegant, graceful, refined

4. Slim and streamlined; not plump, thick, or stocky.
   • But if it were like a rabbit that Rosa went, she came back like a weasel or some such sleek and lissom creature.1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 99

   Synonyms:

   lithe, svelte, gaunt, gracile, lank, lean, leansome, lithesome, lissome, rangy

5. Healthy, well-fed and well-groomed; in good condition.

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