sleeklyadv.
/ˈsliːkli/, U.S. /ˈslikli/ In a sleek manner. Also figurative, smoothly.
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adverb] > and glossy
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1730 A. Ramsay Ape & Leopard in Fables & Tales 12 My fur sae delicate and fine, With various spots does sleekly shine.
1826 T. Hood Irish Schoolmaster xxvii, in Whims & Oddities 131 The verdant sod, With tender moss so sleekly overgrown.
1877 R. De B. Trotter Galloway Gossip Sixty Years Ago 245 Things didn't move so sleekly in that house after.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1730- swallowswifter
- swallowtail
- swallowtail butterfly
- swallowtail coat
- swallowtail moth
- swallowtail pennon
- swallowtail willow
- swallowtailed
- swallowtailed butterfly
- swallowtailed duck
- swallowtailed falcon
- swallowtailed flycatcher
- swallowtailed gull
- swallowtailed hawk
- swallowtailed kingfisher
- swallowtailed kite
- swallowtailed moth
- swallowtailed roller
- swallowtailed sheldrake
- swallowtailed willow
- swallowtails
- swallowthroated
- swallowtick
- swallowwarbler
- swallowwinged