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sleightful

sleightful adjective: cunning; dexterous.

Adjective

sleightful (comparative more sleightful, superlative most sleightful)

  1. cunning; dexterous

Forms of sleightful

comparativemore sleightful
superlativemost sleightful

Origin of sleightful

From sleight + -ful.

Questions about sleightful

What does sleightful mean?
Sleightful means cunning; dexterous.
What part of speech is sleightful?
Sleightful is an adjective.

Words near sleightful in the dictionary

  1. sleighs
  2. sleighsful
  3. sleight
  4. sleight of hand
  5. sleight-of-hand
  6. sleightful
  7. sleightly
  8. sleights
  9. sleights of hand
  10. sleights-of-hand
  11. sleighty

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