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sleights

sleights is the plural of sleight.

Meaning of sleight

Noun

sleight (countable and uncountable, plural sleights)

  1. Cunning; craft; artful practice.
  2. (countable) An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
    • If men have so many sleights to compass their matters, how can the compasser himself hold his fingers?1866, Henry Smith, Thomas Fuller, The Sermons of Mr. Henry Smith, page 37
  3. Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.

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Proper noun capitalized: Sleights

Sleights

  1. A village in Eskdaleside cum Ugglebarnby parish, Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ8607).

Phrases with sleights

Questions about sleights

What does sleights mean?
Sleights means a village in Eskdaleside cum Ugglebarnby parish, Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ8607).
What is sleights the plural of?
Sleights is the plural of sleight.
What part of speech is sleights?
Sleights is a proper noun.

Words near sleights in the dictionary

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

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