sleek

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

A late variant of slick; cognate to German schleichen (Old High German slihhan) and Dutch slijk (“mud, slime”). Compare slink.

Morris's hair was parted for about an inch back from his forehead and sleeked wetly down upon his brow. — Short Stories of Various Types, Unknown
And the next day she dressed herself beautifully in her best pale blue muslin and sleeked her curls and went smiling to the birches. — The Story Girl, L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
His hair was long and sleeked close to his well-shaped head, but his fine mouth and chin sagged, and his eyes were bold and sophisticated. — Blue-grass and Broadway, Maria Thompson Daviess

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