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sleek

sleek [ sleek ]


adjective  (comparative sleeker, superlative sleekest)
Definition:
 
1. smooth and shiny: attractively smooth and shiny

2. well-groomed: well-groomed and healthy looking

3. suave: smooth and polished in behavior or speech, often insincerely or suspiciously so
a sleek sales pitch



transitive verb  (past and past participle sleeked, present participle sleek·ing, 3rd person present singular sleeks)
Definition:
 
make something sleek: to make something appear smooth or shiny

[Late 16th century. Variant of slick]

sleek·ly adverb
sleek·ness noun
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