sleeky, a.
(ˈsliːkɪ)
[f. sleek a. + -y.]
1. Marked by sleek condition.
| c 1725 Thomson Soporif. Doctor 1 Sweet sleeky Doctor! dear pacific soul! 1757 Dyer Fleece i. 669 All intent to..wind the sleeky Fleece. Ibid. iii. 323 The grazier's sleeky kine obstruct the roads. a 1814 Love, Honor & Interest i. i. in New Brit. Theatre III. 265 Like a sleeky snail That climbs into a hive. 1839 Blackw. Mag. XLVI. 654 We feel him rubbing his sleeky person against our dexter leg. |
2. = sleeked ppl. a. 2.
| a 1800 in Cromek Nithsdale Song (1810) 187 Gane he has wi' the sleeky auld carle. 1822 Hogg Perils of Man II. 314 Sleeky Tam possesses both his own and his neighbour's farm at this day. 1863 Holme Lee A. Warleigh III. 3 The most sleeky evil countenance she had ever beheld. |