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sleight.

Cunning; craft; artful practice.

7 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/slaɪt/
  1. Cunning; craft; artful practice.

    countable · uncountable
  2. An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.

    countable
  3. Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English sleighte, sleyght, sleythe, from Old Norse slœgð (“cunning”), from Proto-Germanic *slōgiþō, from *slōgiz (“cunning”) (whence English sly). Doublet of sly and slöjd/sloyd.

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