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Word Meanings - SLEEKY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Of a sleek, or smooth, and glossy appearance. Thomson. 2. Fawning and deceitful; sly.

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  • 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

 

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