Sleight

  • 41sleight — slight …

    American English homophones

  • 42sleight — sb. Ps. civ. 22 …

    Oldest English Words

  • 43sleight — slaɪt n. trick, illusion; cunning, slyness; expertise, skill …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 44sleight — n. 1. Sly artifice, artful trick. 2. Adroitness, dexterity, manaeuvring, dexterous management …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 45sleight — n 1. skill, proficiency, efficiency, facility, knack; deftness, adeptness, handiness, readiness, adroitness; cleverness, ingeniousness, wit, inventiveness, artistry. 2. artifice, stratagem, intrigue, maneuver, gambit, ploy, expedient; trick, hoax …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 46sleight — [[t]slaɪt[/t]] n. 1) skill; dexterity 2) an artifice; stratagem 3) cunning; craft • Etymology: 1225–75; ME; early ME slēgth < ON slǣgth. See sly, th I …

    From formal English to slang

  • 47sleight — /slaɪt / (say sluyt), /sleɪt/ (say slayt) noun 1. skill; dexterity. 2. Rare an artifice; stratagem. 3. Obsolete cunning; craft. {Middle English, variant of slegthe, from Old Norse slæð slyness, cunning} …

  • 48sleight(s) — slight(s) …

    English homophone dictionary

  • 49sleight of hand — Date: 1593 1. a. a cleverly executed trick or deception b. a conjuring trick requiring manual dexterity 2. a. skill and dexterity in conjuring tricks b. adroitness in deception …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 50sleight of hand — 1. skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, esp. for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain. 2. the performance of such feats. 3. a feat of legerdemain. 4. skill in deception. [1350 …

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