Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sleightly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sleight-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

With cunning; dexterously.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"He healeth others sleightly, because he is sick of the same malady"
"The raveled is a kind of cheat bread also, but it retaineth more of the gross and less of the pure substance of the wheat; and this [manchet], being more sleightly wrought up, is used in the halls of the nobility and gentry only, whereas the other [cheat bread] either is or should be baked, in cities and good towns, of an appointed size (according to such price as the corn doth bear) and by a statute provided by King John in that behalf."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: sleightely
Suffix: sleight

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more sleightly (comparative) most sleightly (superlative)

Questions

What does sleightly mean?: With cunning; dexterously.
Where does sleightly come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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