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sleighty

sleighty adjective: cunning; sly.

Adjective

sleighty (comparative more sleighty, superlative most sleighty)

  1. (obsolete) cunning; sly
    • You might sit in your Mount, and angle a peckled Trout, or sleighty Eele.1615, W. Lawson, Country Housewifes Garden
  2. nimble; dexterous

Forms of sleighty

comparativemore sleighty
superlativemost sleighty

Origin of sleighty

Inherited from Middle English sleighty; equivalent to sleight + -y.

Questions about sleighty

What does sleighty mean?
Sleighty means cunning; sly.
What part of speech is sleighty?
Sleighty is an adjective.

Words near sleighty in the dictionary

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

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