The average Westerner, in his sleek complacency, will see in the tea ceremony but another instance of the thousand and one oddities which constitute the quaintness and childishness of the East to him.
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Sleek
/sliːk/
Synonyms for "sleek" (207 found)
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Noun(9 words)
felinepolish edukacjapolish edyktpolish historiapolish kontynentpolish numerycznypolish solidarnośćpolish transformowaćpolish woda
Verb(1 words)
polish akademicki
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Noun(9 words)
polish zeropolished mirror surfacesilkslickersmooth finishsmootherstreamliningteique scoretrim appearance
polishedposhprosperingrechercherefinerichritzyrosyroundrubrubbedsatinyscoursebaceoussharpshellackedshineshiningshinyshipshape
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silkensilkyslickslick downslimyslipperysmarmysmartsmoothsmugsnazzysnugsoapysoftsoignesoigneesophisticatedspeciousspiffysprucestreamlinedstyle-conscioussuavesuetyswankswankyswelltallowythrivingtidytighttricksytrigtrimunctuousunguentunguentaryunguentousvarnishvarnishedvelvetyvigorouswaxwell dressedwell-cared-forwell-dressedwell-groomedwell-kept
Adjective(24 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
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13 entriesaestheticsappearanceappearance managementappearance modificationdesignpolishprocess optimizationprocess qualityshinesmoothsmoothensurfacesystem performance
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15 entriescoat groomingcoat polishingdesign optimizationfriction reductionfur groominghair smoothinghair stylingsleek chassissleek coatsleek finishsleek integrationsleek interfacesleek workflowsurface finishingthroughput improvement
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7 entriessleek designsleek finishsleek fuselagesleek hairsleek linessleek profilesleek surface
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15 total sentences available.
I hear she's a sleek bit of mink.
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After a dentist killed Zimbabwe's most famous lion, animal-rights activists were angry that he planned to mount the lion's head and sleek, bushy mane on an office wall.
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As when a snake, that through the winter's cold / lay swoln and hidden in the ground from sight, / gorged with rank herbs, forth issues to the light, / and sleek with shining youth and newly drest, / wreathing its slippery volumes, towers upright / and, glorying, to the sunbeam rears its breast, / and darts a three-forked tongue, and points a flaming crest.
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