sleighty

adj — 2 senses

sleighty

adj

Etymology Inherited from Middle English sleighty; equivalent to sleight + -y.

1

Obsolete cunning; sly

  • You might sit in your Mount, and angle a peckled Trout, or sleighty Eele.1615, W. Lawson, Country Housewifes Garden:
2

nimble; dexterous

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