sightly
/ˈsaɪtli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Attractive, pleasing to the eye; affording gratification to the sense of sight; aesthetically pleasing.
Archaic
Example Sentences
- "Many brave, sightly horses."
- "Harry's sightly—yes, he's as sightly as the tallest pine of the mountains, and the Sarpent has named him accordingly; however, some fancy good looks, and some fancy good conduct, only."
- "'Your face -ain't sightly,' said Ole Pa."
- "[…] yet the defendant wrongfully and unjustly intending to injure the plaintiff, and deprive him of his right to a free, safe, and unobstructed passage into and upon the said streets to and from his said lot, and to deprive him and his lot of the benefit and advantage of the sightly and elevated position of the lot and improvements […]"
- "30 acres land, situated high and sightly, commanding an unobstructed view of the surrounding country, […]"
- "Q. Would you consider land having an unobstructed view of one mile as having a sightly view, that is what you mean by sightly? A. Yes, it might be sightly."