Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a sleek manner; smoothly; glossily.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a sleek manner; smoothly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb rare In a
sleek manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a sleek glossy manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Cruise the supermarket and you'll find a rainbow of sleekly packaged products, including sports and energy drinks, vitamin waters, even pop fortified with vitamins and juice pouches that promise 25 percent less sugar.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Flattening the Fizz on Kids, Excess Sugary Sodas M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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He was sleekly handsome, looking a bit like the rapper, Rakim.
Binky Philips: Sam & Dave Take Me to School, 1968 Binky Philips 2010
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This sleekly styled 52-inch 1080p LCD TV from Sony delivers excellent overall picture quality, and it's one of only a handful of TVs in our Ratings that offers very good sound quality.
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Cruise the supermarket and you'll find a rainbow of sleekly packaged products, including sports and energy drinks, vitamin waters, even pop fortified with vitamins and juice pouches that promise 25 percent less sugar.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Flattening the Fizz on Kids, Excess Sugary Sodas M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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Cruise the supermarket and you'll find a rainbow of sleekly packaged products, including sports and energy drinks, vitamin waters, even pop fortified with vitamins and juice pouches that promise 25 percent less sugar.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Flattening the Fizz on Kids, Excess Sugary Sodas M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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Another nearby option, set back on a lush hilltop near Apt, the recently-opened La Coquillade, is an eco-friendly 28-room neo-Provencal bastide with sleekly-designed spacious rooms the split-level "honeymooner's" suite has its own pool and hammam, built on a 30-hectare vineyard with an ultra-modern wine cellar, Caves Aureto.
Coasting High in Provence Lanie Goodman 2011
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We were gliding sleekly through the water, but Demetrios was slowly sliding away from us.
DEMETRIOS CONTOS 2010
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Others are sleekly minimalist, elegantly employing the local render of choice, tadelakt, the smooth polished plaster in pink and chocolate shades originally restricted to the hammams.
Juliet Kinsman: Morocco Forte (PHOTOS) Juliet Kinsman 2010
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The dearly departed was the EV1, a sleekly futuristic two-seater that General Motors built in limited numbers in the 1990s.
'Margin Call': Thrills, Chills of Financial Ills Joe Morgenstern 2011
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Cruise the supermarket and you'll find a rainbow of sleekly packaged products, including sports and energy drinks, vitamin waters, even pop fortified with vitamins and juice pouches that promise 25 percent less sugar.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Flattening the Fizz on Kids, Excess Sugary Sodas M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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