sightly

  • 1Sightly — 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

  • 2sightly — index attractive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3sightly — [sītlē] adj. sightlier, sightliest 1. pleasant to the sight; comely 2. providing a fine view sightliness n …

    English World dictionary

  • 4sightly — adjective Date: 1534 1. pleasing to the sight ; attractive 2. affording a fine view • sightliness noun • sightly adverb …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 5sightly — sightliness, n. /suyt lee/, adj., sightlier, sightliest. 1. pleasing to the sight; attractive; comely. 2. affording a fine view. [1525 35; SIGHT + LY] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 6sightly — adjective Attractive, pleasing of appearance. Ant: unsightly …

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  • 7sightly — 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

  • 8sightly — (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

  • 9sightly — sight·ly || saɪtlɪ adj. attractive, beautiful, having a pleasing appearance …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 10sightly — adjective pleasing to the eye. Derivatives sightliness noun …

    English new terms dictionary