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sleighty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sleighty
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

cunning; sly

Obsolete

adj

nimble; dexterous

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more sleighty (comparative) most sleighty (superlative)

Questions

What does sleighty mean?
cunning; sly
Where does sleighty come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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