Thesaurus: sleight

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1. n. Cunning; craft; artful practice.
2. n. An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
3. n. Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.
4. n. adroitness in using the hands
5. 1. Cunning; craft; artful practice. [Obs.] "His sleight and his covin." Chaucer. 2. An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation. The world hath many subtle sleights. Latimer. 3. Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill. Chaucer. "The juggler's sleight." Hudibras. Sleight of hand, legerdemain; prestidigitation.
6. n:100 n adroitness in using the hands