Sleighty

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    cunning; sly obsolete

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

  2. 2
    nimble; dexterous

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

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

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