sleek
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3.7
- adjective
- /sliːk/
:
aerodinámico
- Wind filled the sail, pressing forward and up, but the sleek vessel's momentum inevitably slowed.
It's nice and sleek, has tons of compartments.
- It's nice and sleek, has tons of compartments.
- Having this set up really does feel like I'm going back to that smooth, sleek MacBook life.
- So it looks like look at these sleek little packages.
- I like this like pretty matte sleek packaging.
- So got that also from the sleek counter.
- I think gold packaging is like sleeker and nicer.
Examples
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A good portion of what makes Peterson's gasifiers the sleek, efficient contraptions they are remains proprietary secrets.
Academic text (2012) -
That's a pretty sleek looking ride.
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Performance is one of the key attributes of this little sleek box.
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A few weeks before graduating from high school, Martin bought himself a sleek black Thunderbird.
Fiction book (1994) -
Down on the tracks, he saw a sleek red-and-black train inching toward the station.
Fiction book (1992) -
This is a true sports car with two seats and a sleek low slung exotic look.
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With a spray of gravel scattering in its wake, a sleek red Triumph pulled up.
Fiction book (1993) -
Little wavelets slapped the sides of the sleek, white sloop, one of the finest on the coast.
Fiction book (1993) -
In 1948, the Bowden cable body-powered prosthesis was introduced, replacing bulky straps with a sleek, sturdy cable.
Academic text (2014) -
The new sports car has a sleek design that reduces wind resistance.
Synonyms
15
5.8
Shaped to move easily through air
2
4.5
A shape that lets something move smoothly through air or water, like a dolphin
Antonyms
Compounds
How Streamlined
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sleek can mean a smooth, streamlined shape because something smooth moves more easily through air or water, so sleek designs cut through the flow.