sleekish

English

Etymology

From sleek +‎ -ish.

Adjective

sleekish (comparative more sleekish, superlative most sleekish)

1. Somewhat sleek.
   • 1899, John Kendrick Bangs, The dreamers‎^[1], page 128:

     Hast thou one laudable Alsatian glow / To compensate, commensurate, and condign / For all these dastard, sleekish qualms of mine ?

   • 1965, Brian James, The Big Burn: Short Stories‎^[2], page 147:

     Mr Ernest Rowland was young, sleekish, and confident.

   • 1988 October 14, S.L. Wisenberg, “How to Touch Michael Dukakis's Left Hand”, in Chicago Reader‎^[3]:

     Follow a sleekish young woman with blond hair.