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—sightliness, n./suyt"lee/, adj., sightlier, sightliest.1. pleasing to the sight; attractive; comely.2. affording a fine view.[1525-35; SIGHT + -LY]
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Sightly — Sight ly, a. 1. Pleasing to the sight; comely. Many brave, sightly horses. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. Open to sight; conspicuous; as, a house stands in a sightly place. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sightly — index attractive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
sightly — [sītlē] adj. sightlier, sightliest 1. pleasant to the sight; comely 2. providing a fine view sightliness n … English World dictionary
sightly — adjective Date: 1534 1. pleasing to the sight ; attractive 2. affording a fine view • sightliness noun • sightly adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
sightly — adjective Attractive, pleasing of appearance. Ant: unsightly … Wiktionary
sightly — Synonyms and related words: Junoesque, agreeable, amply endowed, becoming, bonny, braw, built, built for comfort, buxom, callipygian, callipygous, comely, curvaceous, curvy, fair, goddess like, good looking, goodly, likely, lovely to behold,… … Moby Thesaurus
sightly — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having qualities that delight the eye: attractive, beauteous, beautiful, comely, fair, good looking, gorgeous, handsome, lovely, pretty, pulchritudinous, ravishing, stunning. Scots: bonny. Idiom: easy on the eyes … English dictionary for students
sightly — sight·ly || saɪtlɪ adj. attractive, beautiful, having a pleasing appearance … English contemporary dictionary
sightly — adjective pleasing to the eye. Derivatives sightliness noun … English new terms dictionary
sightly — a. 1. Conspicuous, prominent, exposed to view. 2. Comely, handsome, beautiful … New dictionary of synonyms
