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▪ I. † ˈsleightly, a. Obs. rare.
[f. sleight n.1 + -ly1.]
Crafty, cunning, subtle.
c1402Lydg. Compl. Bl. Kt. 255 And tonges false, through hir sleightly wile, Han gon a werre that will not stinted be. 1533Frith Baptism Wks. (1572) 97 Perceyue you not yet that they would keepe you in darcknes because you shoulde not espye theyr priuy practice and sleightly conueyaunce.
▪ II. † ˈsleightly, adv. Obs.
Also 5 sleght-, 5–6 sleyght-, 5 slyght-, 6 slyth-, Sc. slicht-, 6, 8 slightly, etc.
[irreg. f. sleight n.1 + -ly2.]
1. With craft, cunning, or artifice; craftily, subtly.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 7809 To come sleightly he scholde fonde, & litel folk wyþ hym brynge to londe. a1400–50Alexander 2870 (D.), Þen slode he slyghtly away when he fra slepe rysys. 1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Coloss. 6 Beware therfore, lest any man..falsly and sleyghtly deceyue you of that reward. 1570Foxe A. & M. 946/1 So subtlely & sleightly these Catholicque prelates did vse their inquisitions. 1604T. Wright Passions iii. iii. 91 If thy enemies would bee reuenged of thee, no fitter meanes they might sleightly use, than [etc.] 1626in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1659) I. 281 Certainly the Earl hath not been sleightly deceived.
2. With ready skill, dexterity, or adroitness; by sleight of hand; adroitly, dexterously.
c15111st Eng. Bk. Amer. (Arb.) Introd. 29/1 They doo all there thynges all sleyghtly. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII, 50 This spere was massy tymber & yet for al that he..slightely avoyded it to hys great honour. 1581G. Pettie tr. Guazzo's Civ. Conv. iii. (1586) 126 Prouided it be done so slightly, and so discreetlie, that the artificial dealing be not seene. 1611Bible Transl. Pref. ⁋13 The father of their Church, who gladly would heale the soare of the daughter of his people softly and sleightly. |