Definitions for sightly

sightly sight·ly

Spelling: [sahyt-lee]
IPA: /ˈsaɪt li/

Sightly is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 112 anagrams from letters in sightly (ghilsty).

Definitions for sightly

adjective

  1. pleasing to the sight; attractive; comely.
  2. affording a fine view.

Origin of sightly

First recorded in 1525-35; sight + -ly

Examples for sightly

Thornton can get it cured for you at Glen City and it will be a sightly present for your father.

Her ankles had long before that grown too sightly to be exhibited.

"It's quite a sightly place to live, Crittenden's is," said Aunt Hetty.

It did not take us an hour to decide that three thousand feet above the sea, under favorable conditions is quite a sightly place.

Before placing it in the press the last time the common practice is to pare the edges smooth and sightly.

But for a that, a sightly lad like you might put up wi her, Watty.

You have then a sightly dish, but not better than when served only glazed.

"Yon is a sightly point for a town," said Warren pointing to Watson's Hill.

One of these sightly nights Bijah found voice, if not language.

From the most sightly eminence of the ward, the house of William Skinner of the silk-mill overlooks the city.

Word Value for sightly
Scrable

14

Words with friends

14

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