adjective (sleeker, sleekest)
1 (approving) smooth and shiny:
sleek black hair / fur * the sleek dark head of a seal
2 (approving) having an elegant smooth shape:
a sleek yacht * the sleek lines of the new car
3 (often disapproving) (of a person) looking rich, and dressed in elegant and expensive clothes:
a sleek and ambitious politician * sleek businessmen / lawyers
sleekly adverb:
sleekly styled / groomed
sleekness noun [U]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for sleek is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does sleek appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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