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sleekier

sleekier is the comparative form of sleeky.

Meaning of sleeky

Adjective

sleeky (comparative sleekier, superlative sleekiest)

  1. sleek; slick
    • When all is o'er, out to the door they run, With new comb'd sleeky hair, and glist'ning cheeks, Each with some little project in his head.1790, Joanna Baillie, Poems, &c. (1790)
  2. slick; sly; untrustworthy
    • Why, I thought he was a straight-haired, sleeky, canting snake of a man.1905, George Bernard Shaw, The Irrational Knot

Questions about sleekier

What is sleekier the comparative form of?
Sleekier is the comparative form of sleeky.

Words near sleekier in the dictionary

  1. sleekening
  2. sleekens
  3. sleeker
  4. sleekers
  5. sleekest
  6. sleekier
  7. sleekiest
  8. sleeking
  9. sleekings
  10. sleekish
  11. sleekit

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