Thesaurus / sleekly
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How to use sleekly in a sentence
Certainly, we poets—coming thither famished, and going thence full fed and sleekly satisfied—had cause that day to bless its name.
THE CHRISTMAS KALENDS OF PROVENCETHOMAS A. JANVIERWe were gliding sleekly through the water, but Demetrios was slowly sliding away from us.
TALES OF THE FISH PATROLJACK LONDONHe was wearing a bright blue tie and a cornflower in his buttonhole, and his sandy hair was sleekly brushed.
HIS FAMILYERNEST POOLEHis long black hair, growing rank from a muddy skin, was sleekly put behind his ears.
ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOL. 12, AUGUST, 1863, NO. 70VARIOUSIf a drowned rat looks sleekly wretched, Jacko looked ten times worse when taken out of the water.
A YACHT VOYAGE TO NORWAY, DENMARK, AND SWEDENW. A. ROSSTheir grotesque heads, bobbing and weaving on lengthy necks, their bodies, were sleekly scaled.
KEY OUT OF TIMEANDRE ALICE NORTONHis dark hair was carefully parted in the middle and brushed down sleekly.
ASTOUNDING STORIES, AUGUST, 1931VARIOUSHis dark hair which had hung in an untidy lock was brushed back as smoothly and as sleekly as Gordon Richardson's.
CONTRARY MARYTEMPLE BAILEYAt thirty he was a handsome, well-groomed, rather bored personage, with sleekly-brushed blond hair and a short mustache.
THE PURPLE HEIGHTSMARIE CONWAY OEMLERHis eyeglasses jigged on his nose, a lock of his sleekly brushed hair fell upon his forehead.
THE PURPLE HEIGHTSMARIE CONWAY OEMLERWORDS RELATED TO SLEEKLY
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