sleekit
Americanadjective
adjective
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smooth; glossy
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unctuous
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deceitful; crafty; sly
Etymology
Origin of sleekit
First recorded in 1510–20; from the Scottish past participle of sleek 2
Example Sentences
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Bashed neeps Champit tatties Haggis McNuggets Cranachan “Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie...”
From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2011
Brown is of a generation with my parents, and grew up calling a chimney a lum, an ear a lug, a frog a puddock, and the likes of David Cameron, a sleekit skellum.
From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2010
When he found there was no way to escape and no place to hide, he sat quaking with indignation, a wee, sleekit, cow’rin, tim’rous beastie, just as the poem said.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
“Wee sleekit, cow’ring, timorous Beastie,” said the drawbridge man.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Miss K read a poem that Ralph found difficult to understand, something about a “wee, sleekit, cow’rin, tim’rous beastie” while the class worked with crayons and paper.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
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