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Definition of sleekit in English: sleekitadjectiveˈsliːkɪt 1Scottish Artfully flattering or ingratiating. Example sentencesExamples - The Scottish National Party leader's sleekit charm and verbal fluency have long wowed commentators who visit Scotland only during the Edinburgh festival.
- 1.1 Sly or cunning.
his sleekit public image is going to make permanent fame a daunting challenge Example sentencesExamples - "They have done this closure in the most sleekit way," says Thomas Callender, who has worked at the Fullarton plant for eight years.
- He took a sleekit decision, in secret, to raid pension funds, costing millions of Scots billions of pounds.
- Their old feeding grounds have been colonised by a new breed of slippery and sleekit new Labourites which are simply too fast and too nimble for the lumbering old Conservatus.
2literary Having a glossy skin or surface.
Origin Early 16th century: from sleek. |