sightly
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sightly
- /ˈsaɪtli/
Where it comes from
From Middle English sightlye, equivalent to sight + -ly. Cognate with German sichtlich (“visible”).
adjective sightlier · sightliest
- Attractive, pleasing to the eye; affording gratification to the sense of sight; aesthetically pleasing. Many brave, sightly horses.
- Offering a good view. […] yet the defendant wrongfully and unjustly intending to injure the plaintiff, and deprive him of his right to a free, safe, and unobstructed passage into and upon the said streets to and from his said lot, and to deprive him and his lot of the benefit and advantage of the sightly and elevated pos
- Open to sight; conspicuous. In 1916 the people voted to have a High school and to build a new building which is now, 1917, completed and is a beautiful modern one-story brick building, known as Lincoln High school, located in the northeastern part of the village on a sightly spot known as Lincoln Hill.
Opposite: unsightly
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adjective
Opposite: unsightly
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adj pleasing of appearance
| Italiano | leggiadro |
|---|---|
| Română | estetic, plăcut la vedere |
| Русский | привлека́тельный privlekátelʹnyj, прия́тный prijátnyj |
adj open to sight; conspicuous
| Italiano | panoramico |
|---|---|
| Русский | ви́дный vídnyj, заме́тный zamétnyj, броса́ющийся в глаза́ brosájuščijsja v glazá |
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