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sleeky

/ˈsliːki/

sleeky adjective: sleek; slick.

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)
    • He thought that the moulting season was over, and that he was rejoicing in the fulness of a sleeky plumage, and by his side was a Java sparrowess, chirping and hopping about, rendering the cage as populous to him as though he were the tenant of a bird-fancier's shop.1841, Various, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, September 5, 1841
  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

Forms of sleeky

comparativesleekier
superlativesleekiest

Origin of sleeky

From sleek + -y.

Words that rhyme with sleeky

11 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about sleeky

What does sleeky mean?
Sleeky means sleek; slick.
What part of speech is sleeky?
Sleeky is an adjective.
How do you pronounce sleeky?
Sleeky is pronounced /ˈsliːki/.

Words near sleeky in the dictionary

  1. sleekness
  2. sleeknesses
  3. sleeks
  4. sleekstone
  5. sleekstones
  6. sleeky
  7. Sleeman
  8. Sleemans
  9. sleep
  10. sleep a wink
  11. sleep aid

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