sleight

sleight

skill; dexterity; stratagem; legerdemain: sleight of hand
Not to be confused with:slight – small in size, degree, or amount; delicate; act of disrespect: He reacted with anger to the slight.

sleight

S0471100 (slīt)n.1. Deftness; dexterity.2. A clever or skillful trick or deception; an artifice or stratagem.

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[Middle English, alteration of sleahthe, from Old Norse slœgdh, from slœgr, sly.]

sleight

(slaɪt) n1. skill; dexterity. See also sleight of hand2. a trick or stratagem3. cunning; trickery[C14: from Old Norse slægth, from slægr sly]

sleight

(slaɪt)

n. 1. skill; dexterity. 2. an artifice; stratagem. 3. cunning; craft. [1225–75; Middle English; early Middle English slēgth < Old Norse slǣgth. See sly, -th¹]

Thesaurus

Noun

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sleight - adroitness in using the hands dexterity, manual dexterityadeptness, adroitness, deftness, quickness, facility - skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer"

sleight

noun1. Skillfulness in the use of the hands or body:adroitness, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness, prowess, skill.2. An indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end:artifice, deception, device, dodge, feint, gimmick, imposture, jig, maneuver, ploy, ruse, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile.Informal: shenanigan, take-in.

Translations

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