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Meanings of sightly in anglès

Very pleasing to the eye.

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Usage of sightly in anglès
1
The colours, the light, the set have a sightly depressing generic quality.
The Guardian
2
The royal buildings are very beautiful and sightly, and contain many rooms.
History of the Philippine Islands
3
Her ankles had long before that grown too sightly to be exhibited.
Tales from Bohemia
4
My ladder, though not very sightly, was, I hoped, thus made secure.
In the Eastern Seas
5
It's a sightly old place; I used to go and see Miss Katharine.
Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches
6
This is one of the most sightly of all egg dishes.
Many Ways for Cooking Eggs
7
It's a sightly spot, and they've gone back to the city.
Together
8
The University up there, on rising ground, sightly place, see the river for miles.
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
9
It was not sightly to the eye, but it was high and exceedingly strong.
Desert Gold
10
These resorts are popular from their sightly location along the shores of Buzzards Bay.
Cape Cod and All the Pilgrim Land, June 1922, Volume 6, Number ...
11
Decidedly, the place was what the country people call sightly.
A Traveler from Altruria: Romance
12
Their new location they found to be a sightly one.
The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies; Or, The Secret of the Lost C...
13
She's as sweet as them rose geraniums of Prue's and just as sightly looking.
Sheila of Big Wreck Cove: A Story of Cape Cod
14
I'm afraid the parlor won't be very sightly, but you won't mind, will you?
The Iron Game: A Tale of the War
15
This is the newest and most sightly of salads.
Ice Creams, Water Ices, Frozen Puddings Together with Refreshmen...
16
On the other side of the valley, nearly opposite, is another large and sightly edifice.
The Gold of Chickaree
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