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sleight::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dexterity, manual dexterity |
| Type of | adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness |
Examples of sleight
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Do you think the French government will take this sleight without fighting back?
From the economist.com
A number of articles later, I want to discuss yet another sleight-of-hand trick.
From the infowars.com
But some of this sleight of hand with sales numbers has to help Amazon, as well.
From the techcrunch.com
Not thinking there was some sort of magical sleight of hand that generates art.
From the guardian.co.uk
Environmental groups say the feat relies heavily on sleight-of-hand accounting.
From the nytimes.com
It's the sort of historical sleight of hand that convinces only true believers.
From the scienceblogs.com
Advertisers too often resort to sleight of hand to get us to part with our money.
From the guardian.co.uk
Sleight of hand is often mistakenly written as slight of hand or slide of hand.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It's military shorthand that may look to some like rhetorical sleight of hand.
From the thenewstribune.com
- Dexterity: adroitness in using the hands
- Sleight is a surname, and may refer to: * George Sleight (1853-1921), English trawler owner * Karl J. Sleight (born 1962), attorney
- Cunning; craft; artful practice; An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation; Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill
- Intentional rudeness.
