sleek
adjective /sliːk/Definition
› (especially of hair, clothes, or shapes) smooth, shiny, and lying close to the body, and therefore looking well cared for; not untidy and with no parts sticking out: The cat had sleek fur. Who owns that sleek black car parked outside your house?disapproving He's one of those sleek (= seeming rich and dishonest) businessman types.Straight, even and level sleekly /ˈsliː.kli/ adverb Straight, even and level sleekness /ˈsliːk.nəs/ noun [U] Straight, even and level
(Definition of sleek adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be (as) flat as a pancake idiom
- clean-cut adjective (SHAPE)
- cleanly adverb (NOT ROUGHLY)
- consistency noun (SUBSTANCE)
- even adjective (FLAT)
- flat adjective (LEVEL)
- flat adjective (NOT HIGH)
- flat adverb (LEVEL)
- flat adverb (NOT HIGH)
- flat noun (LEVEL GROUND)
- flatness noun (LEVEL QUALITY)
- glassy adjective (SURFACE)
- level adjective (AT SAME HEIGHT)
- level adjective (FLAT)
- level verb (DESTROY)
- level verb (MAKE FLAT)
- peg noun (LEVEL)
- steady adjective (FIRM)
- true adjective (ACCURATE)
- true adverb
Topic:
Straight, even and level
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