What does sleightly mean?
Sleightly means (obsolete) With cunning; dexterously..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
(obsolete) With cunning; dexterously..
He healeth others sleightly, because he is sick of the same malady
The raveled is a kind of cheat bread also, but it retaineth more of the gross and less of the pure substance of the wheat; and this [manchet], being more sleightly wrought up, is used in the halls of the nobility and gentry only, whereas the other [cheat bread] either is or should be baked, in cities and good towns, of an appointed size (according to such price as the corn doth bear) and by a statute provided by King John in that behalf.
Use sleightly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sleightly means (obsolete) With cunning; dexterously..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He healeth others sleightly, because he is sick of the same malady
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