sleighty

cunning; sly

Adjective

  1. cunning; sly
    • You might sit in your Mount, and angle a peckled Trout, or sleighty Eele. - 1615, W. Lawson, Country Housewifes Garden:
  2. nimble; dexterous

Origin

Inherited from Middle English sleighty; equivalent to sleight + -y.

Forms

more sleighty most sleighty