sleight

Speech parts

1. sleight - Noun

2. Sleight - Proper noun

Meaning

An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dexterity manual dexterity dodge wile game gambit prestidigitation device ability address scheme facility skill catch craft
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Antonyms

bane care cross concern accuracy confusion
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Hypernyms

facility quickness adroitness deftness adeptness

Related terms

sleight of hand sleightly sleighty

Phrases with the word

sleight-of-hand performer as if by sleight of hand

Examples

Alas, there I was in a real panic over my sleight of hand. Source: Internet

He was proficient in sleight of hand, and he taught Jean how to juggle to coordinate his eye and hand. Source: Internet

For Gantz to then defy the will of half the nation in some legislative sleight of hand during a caretaker Knesset in order to remove the people’s choice is a power grab unprecedented in Israel’s history. Source: Internet

“As lithe and cunning as its characters, Michael Kardos’s is a masterly exercise in narrative sleight of hand. Source: Internet

“If I do a little sleight of hand such that the coin that was in my hand is now not in my hand, when I open it, and you didn’t catch it, you think—‘Oh wow, okay, that was a surprise,’” Levine explained. Source: Internet

Occasionally, as in “,” a slender 1990 novel about a writer named Philip who is writing about a writer having an affair with one of his made-up characters, this sleight of hand feels stuntlike and a little dizzying. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sleighful sleighing sleighlike sleight of hand sleight-of-hand performer sleightful