sight·ly

(sīt′lē)

adj. sight·li·er, sight·li·est

1. Pleasing to see; visually appealing.

2. Affording a fine view; scenic.

sight′li·ness n.

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sightly

(ˈsaɪtlɪ)

adj, -lier or -liest

1. pleasing or attractive to see

2. US providing a pleasant view

ˈsightliness n

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sight•ly

(ˈsaɪt li)

adj. -li•er, -li•est.

1. pleasing to the sight; attractive; comely.

2. affording a fine view.

[1525–35]

sight′li•ness, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

sightly - very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens"

bonnie, bonny, comely, fair

beautiful - delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party"

sightly

adjective

Having qualities that delight the eye:

attractive, beauteous, beautiful, comely, fair, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, lovely, pretty, pulchritudinous, ravishing, stunning.

Scots: bonny.

Idiom: easy on the eyes.

Translations

stattlich

avvenente

sightly

[ˈsaɪtlɪ] ADJ not very sightly → no muy agradable para la vista

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sightly

adj → ansehnlich

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References in classic literature

I like also little heaps, in the nature of mole-hills (such as are in wild heaths), to be set, some with wild thyme; some with pinks; some with germander, that gives a good flower to the eye; some with periwinkle; some with violets; some with strawberries; some with cowslips; some with daisies; some with red roses; some with lilium convallium; some with sweet-williams red; some with bear's-foot: and the like low flowers, being withal sweet and sightly. Part of which heaps, are to be with standards of little bushes pricked upon their top, and part without.

View in context

"It is a wide and deep water-course, and many sightly towns are there growing on its banks," returned the trapper; "and yet it is but a brook to the waters of the endless river."

View in context

'The only thing we do on occasions is get sightly closer to each other than is ideal -- but we learn from it.'

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The patient was a 18-year-old Turkish man who had a sightly concave profile, symmetric face and retrusive lips with an acute nasolabial angle.

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Once three or four--or maybe even only one or two--easy marks with sound bank accounts have been snared, the new "national"--or perhaps it is "international" association is on its legs, and all that remains is to have brilliant stationery printed, put in an amiable and sightly stenographer, and begin deluging bishops, editors and the gullible generally with literature....

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The attainment rate of 76.8% is only sightly lower than 77% in 2017, when there were 194,813 entries.

Pupils receive SQA exam results as Scottish figures released; Tens of thousands of youngsters are finding out their grades as the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) publishes exam results on Tuesday

In Pembroke, temperatures are forecast at a sightly cooler 20A[degrees]C.

The full weather forecast for Wales this weekend before showers move in next week; Wales is in for a weekend of glorious sunshine before showers and clouds set in

The heavier spring produced a total weight sightly over 4 1/2 pounds, with a first-stage of 2 pounds, 14 ounces.

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