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sleight
[slahyt]
noun
skill; dexterity.
an artifice; stratagem.
cunning; craft.
sleight
/ ɪ /
noun
skill; dexterity See also sleight of hand
a trick or stratagem
cunning; trickery
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of sleight1
Example Sentences
Fisher: … sleight of hand, misdirection, various different forms of magic.
Alex Mitchell provided the speed at the breakdown to manoeuvre the Clermont defence, while Smith's control and sleight of hand behind him enticed his outside runners to carry hard and breach the gain-line.
As historian Randall Balmer explained at Religion News Service, the sleight of hand regarding the timeline was only the beginning of the mendacity religious right leaders brought to their campaign against Carter.
It's almost like a magician, sleight of hand.
There’s a kind of sleight of hand: I’m very vulnerable in the process and then, by the time it’s out there and people are asking, “How could you bare your soul?,”
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When To Use
Sleight means skill, especially with one’s hands (dexterity).It can also mean trickery or cunning, or a specific trick or scheme.Sleight is by far most commonly used in the phrase sleight of hand, whose meanings are very similar to those of sleight: manual dexterity, general trickery, or a trick performed with quick and skillful hand movements.Sleight and sleight of hand are especially associated with coin and card tricks that require such hand movements. They’re also associated with deceptive ways of stealing, such as pickpocketing.Sleight should not be confused with the word slight, which has the same pronunciation. As an adjective, slight means small or insignificant. As a noun, it commonly means the act of treating someone with indifference or snubbing them.Example: The illusionist spent years perfecting his sleight so that it was undetectable even at close range.
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