Word Meanings - SLEEKY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. Of a sleek, or smooth, and glossy appearance. Thomson. 2. Fawning and deceitful; sly.
Related words: (words related to SLEEKY)
- SMOOTHEN
To make smooth. - SMOOTHNESS
Quality or state of being smooth. - FAWN
A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. Shak. - FAWNINGLY
In a fawning manner. - SMOOTH
1. The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths. Thackeray. 2. That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything. "The smooth of his neck." Gen. xxvii. 16. - SMOOTH-CHINNED
Having a smooth chin; beardless. Drayton. - SMOOTHLY
In a smooth manner. - DECEITFUL
Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere. Harboring foul deceitful thoughts. Shak. - FAWN-COLORED
Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown. - SMOOTH-SPOKEN
Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued. - THOMSONIANISM
An empirical system which assumes that the human body is composed of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water, and that vegetable medicines alone should be used; -- from the founder, Dr. Samuel Thomson, of Massachusetts. - SMOOTHER
One who, or that which, smooths. - GLOSSY
1. Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a glossy surface. 2. Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit. - SMOOTHING
fr. Smooth, v. Smoothing iron, an iron instrument with a polished face, for smoothing clothes; a sadiron; a flatiron. -- Smoothing plane, a short, finely set plane, for smoothing and finishing work. - SLEEKY
1. Of a sleek, or smooth, and glossy appearance. Thomson. 2. Fawning and deceitful; sly. - THOMSON PROCESS
A process of electric welding in which heat is developed by a large current passing through the metal. - SLEEKLY
In a sleek manner; smoothly. - FAWNER
One who fawns; a sycophant. - DECEITFULLY
With intent to deceive. - SMOOTH-TONGUED
Having a smooth tongue; plausible; flattering. - OUTFAWN
To exceed in fawning. - REAPPEARANCE
A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again. - DISAPPEARANCE
The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing. Addison. - NONAPPEARANCE
Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear. - SLEEK
to Icel. slikr, and OE. sliken to glide, slide, G. schleichen, OHG. 1. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair. Chaucer. So sleek her skin, so faultless was her make. Dryden. 2. Not rough or harsh. Those rugged names