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Meaning of Sleight | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
slaɪt

Definitions

  1. Cunning; craft; artful practice.
    countable, uncountable
  2. A surname.
  3. An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
    countable
  4. Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية خفة اليد
Български ловкост умение фокус
Bosanski list marifetluk марифетлук фокус
Deutsch Fingerfertigkeit Gerissenheit Geschick Geschicklichkeit List Raffinement Raffinesse Taschenspielertrick Täuschung Trick Volte Zauberei
Hrvatski list marifetluk марифетлук фокус
Kurdî lişt lîst
Српски list marifetluk марифетлук фокус

Examples

“If men have so many sleights to compass their matters, how can the compasser himself hold his fingers?”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

sleight of hand sleights Sleipnir sleiveen Slemp Slender

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