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Sleight

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

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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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