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nounsightliness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe state or condition of being sightly; attractiveness, beauty.
Your ſightlineſs of perſon, may perhaps make ſome think this alliance diſparaging.
1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XLI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, pages 280–281
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sightliness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sightliness
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sightliness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sightliness.
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