sightly

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Attractive, pleasing to the eye; affording gratification to the sense of sight; aesthetically pleasing. archaic
    — Many brave, sightly horses.
  2. Offering a good view. archaic
    — […] 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 position of the lot and improvements […]
  3. Open to sight; conspicuous. archaic
    — 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.

词形变化

sightlier comparative sightliest superlative

词汇关系

反义词
unsightly
衍生词
sightliness

词源

From Middle English sightlye, equivalent to sight + -ly. Cognate with German sichtlich (“visible”).
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