Word Meanings - SLEEKY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Of a sleek, or smooth, and glossy appearance. Thomson. 2. Fawning and deceitful; sly.

Related words: (words related to SLEEKY)

• SMOOTHEN
  To make smooth.
• SMOOTHNESS
  Quality or state of being smooth.
• FAWN
  A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. Shak.
• FAWNINGLY
  In a fawning manner.
• SMOOTH
  1. The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths. Thackeray. 2. That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything. "The smooth of his neck." Gen. xxvii. 16.
• SMOOTH-CHINNED
  Having a smooth chin; beardless. Drayton.
• SMOOTHLY
  In a smooth manner.
• DECEITFUL
  Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere. Harboring foul deceitful thoughts. Shak.
• FAWN-COLORED
  Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown.
• SMOOTH-SPOKEN
  Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.
• THOMSONIANISM
  An empirical system which assumes that the human body is composed of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water, and that vegetable medicines alone should be used; -- from the founder, Dr. Samuel Thomson, of Massachusetts.
• SMOOTHER
  One who, or that which, smooths.
• GLOSSY
  1. Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a glossy surface. 2. Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit.
• SMOOTHING
  fr. Smooth, v. Smoothing iron, an iron instrument with a polished face, for smoothing clothes; a sadiron; a flatiron. -- Smoothing plane, a short, finely set plane, for smoothing and finishing work.
• SLEEKY
  1. Of a sleek, or smooth, and glossy appearance. Thomson. 2. Fawning and deceitful; sly.
• THOMSON PROCESS
  A process of electric welding in which heat is developed by a large current passing through the metal.
• SLEEKLY
  In a sleek manner; smoothly.
• FAWNER
  One who fawns; a sycophant.
• DECEITFULLY
  With intent to deceive.
• SMOOTH-TONGUED
  Having a smooth tongue; plausible; flattering.
• OUTFAWN
  To exceed in fawning.
• REAPPEARANCE
  A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.
• DISAPPEARANCE
  The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing. Addison.
• NONAPPEARANCE
  Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear.
• SLEEK
  to Icel. slikr, and OE. sliken to glide, slide, G. schleichen, OHG. 1. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair. Chaucer. So sleek her skin, so faultless was her make. Dryden. 2. Not rough or harsh. Those rugged names