He tried to conceal his ineptitude in a not-so-deft sleight of hand.
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Sleight
//slaɪt//
Synonyms for "sleight" (90 found)
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Translations
18 translations across 2 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- ловкост noun (cunning; craft; artful practice)
- ловкост noun (dexterous practice; dexterity; skill)
- трик noun (an artful trick; sly artifice; dexterous feat)
- умение noun (cunning; craft; artful practice)
German
4 entries- Fingerfertigkeit noun (dexterous practice; dexterity; skill)
- Gerissenheit noun (cunning; craft; artful practice)
- Geschick noun (dexterous practice; dexterity; skill)
- Geschicklichkeit noun (dexterous practice; dexterity; skill)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
All you need is a little sleight of hand in your accounting to make people think your company is profitable.
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"Him on Idalia, lulled into a dream, / will I secrete, or on the sacred height / of lone Cythera, lest he learn the scheme, / or by his sudden presence mar the sleight."
Source: tatoeba (6798727)
"Take thou his likeness, only for a night, / and wear the boyish features that are thine; / and when the queen, in rapture of delight, / amid the royal banquet and the wine, / shall lock thee in her arms, and press her lips to thine, / then steal into her bosom, and inspire / through all her veins with unsuspected sleight / the poisoned sting of passion and desire."
Source: tatoeba (6798738)
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