What does sleeky mean?
Sleeky means sleek; slick.
Sleeky
/ˈsliːki/ · adjective
Meaning
sleek; slick.
Definitions by Sense
- sleek; slick
- slick; sly; untrustworthy
Example Sentences
When all is o'er, out to the door they run, With new comb'd sleeky hair, and glist'ning cheeks, Each with some little project in his head.
He thought that the moulting season was over, and that he was rejoicing in the fulness of a sleeky plumage, and by his side was a Java sparrowess, chirping and hopping about, rendering the cage as populous to him as though he were the tenant of a bird-fancier's shop.
Even when with heavy / Plume and pall / The sleeky coaches roll by, / Coffin, flowers and all, / He laughs, for he sees / Crouched on the coffin a small / Yellowy shape go by— / Death, uneasy and melancholy.
Why, I thought he was a straight-haired, sleeky, canting snake of a man.
Synonyms for sleeky
Antonyms for sleeky
Related Words
Word Forms
- sleekier
- sleekiest
Usage Notes
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When all is o'er, out to the door they run, With new comb'd sleeky hair, and glist'ning cheeks, Each with some little project in his head.
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