Meanings
slee1
adjectiveslee (comparative sleer, superlative sleest)
comparative sleer · superlative sleest
- Northern EnglandScotlandalternativedialectalAlternative form of sly.
The beast of foot sings Holdfast only, For flesh is bruckle and foot is slee. Strength to the strong and the lordly and lonely, Timor Mortis Exultat Me.
1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter VIII, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in the Stone)
Slee2
Origin
- Old Englishslēa“grassy slope”
- EnglishSlee
* As an English surname, variant of Sly. * Also as an English surname, from the archaic Old English slēa (“grassy slope”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Schlee.
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APA
slee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slee
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slee.
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