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sligh

sligh is the obsolete form of sly.

Meaning of sly

Adjective

sly (comparative slier or slyer, superlative sliest or slyest)

  1. Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
  2. (having a positive connotation) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
  3. Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
    • a sly trick
  4. Light or delicate; slight; thin.

See all 7 meanings of sly

Proper noun capitalized: Sligh

Sligh (plural Slighs)

  1. A surname.

Forms of sligh

Adjective
comparativemore sligh
superlativemost sligh
Proper noun
pluralSlighs

Questions about sligh

What does sligh mean?
Sligh means a surname.
What is sligh the obsolete form of?
Sligh is the obsolete form of sly.
What part of speech is sligh?
Sligh is a proper noun.

Words near sligh in the dictionary

  1. slifting
  2. Sligar
  3. Sligars
  4. Sliger
  5. Sligers
  6. sligh
  7. Slighs
  8. slight
  9. slight of hand
  10. slighted
  11. slighten

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sligh (page history and authors); Sligh (page history and authors); sly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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