sleighty

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adjective

cunning; sly

OriginMiddle English sleighty →
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Meanings

adjectivesleighty (comparative more sleighty, superlative most sleighty)

comparative more sleighty · superlative most sleighty

  1. obsoletecunning; sly

    You might sit in your Mount, and angle a peckled Trout, or sleighty Eele.

    1615, W. Lawson, Country Housewifes Garden
  2. nimble; dexterous

Origin

  1. Middle Englishsleighty
  2. Englishsleighty

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Lightsey
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APA

sleighty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleighty

MLA

“sleighty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleighty. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sleighty,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleighty.

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