sleeknessn.
/ˈsliːknɪs/ The quality of being sleek.
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the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > appearance of
sleekness1628
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > coat > hair, wool, or fur > glossiness
sleekness1751
bloom1908
the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [noun]
smeethnessc1000
smoothnessc1374
slickness1667
sleekedness1693
slidnessa1758
sleekness1811
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > neatness or trimness
dapperness1530
featishness1530
trimness1552
neatness1555
featness1576
pickedness1578
spruceness1594
comptness1611
deftness1612
smugness1632
jemminess1756
spick and span1758
smartness1768
sprucery1813
dapperism1830
nattiness1846
sleekness1866
spit and polish1895
spick-and-spanness1911
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxxii. sig. O3v I confesse, we may liue to..the sleekenesse of the declining crowne.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 138. ⁋10 They [sc. the horses] lost their sleekness and grace, and were soon purchased at half the value.
1771 H. Mackenzie Man of Feeling xxi. 75 This coat..spoke of the sleekness of folly, and the threadbareness of wisdom.
1811 J. Parkins Young Man's Best Compan. 561 The glare and sleekness of the sattin.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. ii. 62 He..was especially addicted to black satin waistcoats, which carried out the general sleekness of his appearance.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 322 The beautiful little gazelles.., white underneath, and satin-like in sleekness all over.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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