sleek

adjsmooth, glossy

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adj smooth, glossy

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Word Origin & History

1580s, variant of Middle English slike (see slick (adj.)). Originally of healthy-looking animal hair; applied to persons 1630s, with sense of "plump and smooth-skinned." Figurative meaning "slick, fawning, flattering" is from 1590s.

Example Sentences for sleek

And Mr. Beaufort patted the sleek neck of his favourite hunter.

His complexion was pale and sodden, and his hair short, dark, and sleek.

Men led up the sleek cattle to be slain for the feast of the gods.

"That's part of my business," he heard Burnham say in his sleek, oleaginous accents.

With these steeds, so well fitted for hunting, were twelve sleek, fleet hounds.

She stroked the sleek necks of the colts and handed them bunches of grass.

So did his person, which was sleek though free from corpulency.

The door opened and in walked Mike with the sleek goose under his arm.

Grip soon recovered his looks, and became as glossy and sleek as ever.

If he had suffered in the midst of all that sleek fatness, he had deserved to suffer.

sleek

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glassy

gleaming

glistening

glossy

groom

groomed

grooming

lubricious

more stylish

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glassy