Etymology

sleightly

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Today it means: With cunning; dexterously. Full definition →

Middle English sleightely
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromsleightely
  2. English todaysleightly

Inherited from Middle English sleightely; equivalent to sleight + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.