satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick
(adjective) having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; “glossy auburn hair”; “satiny gardenia petals”; “sleek black fur”; “silken eyelashes”; “silky skin”; “a silklike fabric”; “slick seals and otters”
streamlined, aerodynamic, flowing, sleek
(adjective) designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow; “a streamlined convertible”
sleek
(adjective) well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-groomed; “sleek figures in expensive clothes”
slick, sleek
(verb) make slick or smooth
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sleek (comparative sleeker, superlative sleekest)
Having an even, smooth surface; smooth
Synonyms: frictionless, silky, Thesaurus:smooth
glossy
Synonyms: glacé, sheeny, Thesaurus:glossy
Not rough or harsh.
Synonyms: civilized, classy, elegant, graceful, refined
Slim and streamlined; not plump, thick, or stocky.
Synonyms: lithe, svelte, Thesaurus:slender
sleek (comparative more sleek, superlative most sleek)
(dated) With ease and dexterity.
sleek (third-person singular simple present sleeks, present participle sleeking, simple past and past participle sleeked)
To make smooth or glossy; to polish or cause to be attractive.
sleek (uncountable)
That which makes smooth; varnish.
• Keels, Leske, Selke, elkes, keels, leeks, skeel
Source: Wiktionary
Sleek, a. [Compar. Sleeker; superl. Sleekest.] Etym: [OE. slik; akin to Icel. slikr, and OE. sliken to glide, slide, G. schleichen, OHG. slihhan, D. slik, slijk, mud, slime, and E. slink. Cf. Slick, Slink.]
1. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair. Chaucer. So sleek her skin, so faultless was her make. Dryden.
2. Not rough or harsh. Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek. Milton.
Sleek, adv.
Definition: With ease and dexterity. [Low]
Sleek, n.
Definition: That which makes smooth; varnish. [R.]
Sleek, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sleeked;p. pr. & vb. n. Sleeking.]
Definition: To make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy; to smooth over. Sleeking her soft alluring locks. Milton. Gentle, my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
