sleight

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. (countable, uncountable) Cunning; craft; artful practice.
2. (countable) An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
3. (countable, uncountable) Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.

Έννοιες

επιτηδειότητα

τέχνασμα

επιτηδειότης

Συνώνυμα

dexterity

skillfulness

handiness

cunning

trick

skill

manual dexterity

adroitness

deftness

craft

crank

contraption

deception

adeptness

device

claptrap

expedient

expertise

facility

astuteness

hoax

juggling

magic

🪄

maneuver

manoeuvre

proficiency

quirk

ruff

ruse

artistry

artifice

sleight of hand

slickness

subterfuge

suitability

artfulness

wile

contrivance

Μεταφράσεις

habilidad

destrezza

Geschicklichkeit

disinvoltura

abilità

habileté

destreza

agilidad

primor

dextérité

Geschick

prestesse

manya

habilitat

agilité

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/slaɪt/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: sleighte

Συγγενές με Αγγλικά: sly

In summary

From Middle English sleighte, sleyght, sleythe, from Old Norse slœgð (“cunning”), from Proto-Germanic *slōgiþō, from *slōgiz (“cunning”) (whence English sly). Doublet of sly and slöjd/sloyd.