name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
sleight
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/slaɪt/
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rhymes with -aɪt
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homophone: slight
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CMU ARPABET: S L AY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Cunning; craft; artful practice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 4
Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
adroitness in using the hands
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dexterity, manual dexterity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness
History
Etymology
From Middle English sleighte, sleyght, sleythe, from Old Norse slœgð (“cunning”), from Proto-Germanic *slōgiþō, from *slōgiz (“cunning”) (whence English sly). Doublet of sly and slöjd/sloyd.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: ловкост (lovkost) — cunning; craft; artful practice
- Bulgarian: умение (umenie) — cunning; craft; artful practice
- German: List — cunning; craft; artful practice
- German: Gerissenheit — cunning; craft; artful practice
- German: Raffinement — cunning; craft; artful practice
- German: Raffinesse — cunning; craft; artful practice
- German: Täuschung — cunning; craft; artful practice
- Bulgarian: трик (trik) — an artful trick; sly artifice; dexterous feat
- Bulgarian: фокус (fokus) — an artful trick; sly artifice; dexterous feat
- German: Trick — an artful trick; sly artifice; dexterous feat
- German: Täuschung — an artful trick; sly artifice; dexterous feat
- German: Taschenspielertrick — an artful trick; sly artifice; dexterous feat
- German: Zauberei — an artful trick; sly artifice; dexterous feat
- German: Volte — an artful trick; sly artifice; dexterous feat
- Bulgarian: ловкост (lovkost) — dexterous practice; dexterity; skill
- German: Geschicklichkeit — dexterous practice; dexterity; skill
- German: Geschick — dexterous practice; dexterity; skill
- German: Fingerfertigkeit — dexterous practice; dexterity; skill