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" (203 found)
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Closest matches (41)
Strong matches (61)
Related words (101)
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Adjective(20 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
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4 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
3 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
14 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 21 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ողորկ adj (smooth)
Bulgarian
4 entries- гладък adj (smooth)
- лъскав adj (smooth)
- полирам verb (to make smooth; glossy; or to polish)
- приглаждам verb (to make smooth; glossy; or to polish)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 光滑的 adj (smooth)
Czech
4 entries- elegantní adj (not rough or harsh)
- hladký adj (smooth)
- lesklý adj (smooth)
- uhlazený adj (not rough or harsh)
Dutch
1 entries- glad adj (smooth)
Finnish
4 entries- sileä adj (smooth)
- tasainen adj (smooth)
- kiillotusaine noun (that which makes smooth; varnish)
- kiillottaa verb (to make smooth; glossy; or to polish)
French
4 entries- brillant adj (smooth)
- lisse adj (smooth)
- lisse adj (not rough or harsh)
- luisant adj (smooth)
German
3 entries- geschmeidig adj (not rough or harsh)
- glatt adj (smooth)
- seidig adj (smooth)
Hungarian
1 entries- sima adj (smooth)
Ido
2 entries- glata adj (smooth)
- glatigar verb (to make smooth; glossy; or to polish)
Irish
1 entries- slíoc verb (to make smooth; glossy; or to polish)
Italian
4 entries- elegante adj (smooth)
- liscio adj (smooth)
- lucido adj (smooth)
- slanciato adj (not rough or harsh)
Māori
4 entries- koutata adj (smooth)
- koutata adj (smooth)
- maheni adj (smooth)
- mohimohi adj (smooth)
Persian
1 entries- لخت adj (smooth)
Polish
1 entries- gładki adj (smooth)
Portuguese
3 entries- liso adj (not rough or harsh)
- suave adj (smooth)
- alisar verb (to make smooth; glossy; or to polish)
Romanian
1 entries- neted adj (smooth)
Russian
3 entries- гла́дкий adj (smooth)
- гла́дкий adj (not rough or harsh)
- гля́нцевый adj (smooth)
Spanish
2 entries- liso adj (smooth)
- liso adj (not rough or harsh)
Swedish
2 entries- glatt adj (smooth)
- slät adj (smooth)
Turkish
1 entries- şık adj (smooth)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
I hear she's a sleek bit of mink.
Source: tatoeba (1556725)
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.
Source: tatoeba (4418147)
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.
Source: tatoeba (6834082)
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