sightliness
- a word derived from sightly.
Example Sentences
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Stairs are a necessity, and their comfort and sightliness depend on several features.
From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Cooke, Maud C.
Although tired with exertion and worn out with heat, yet beauty leaves not their forms, like the sightliness of the wreaths worn by the celestials although exposed to the Sun.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
The open rack is the best compromise between sightliness and utility, because it is more apt to be used than the more ambitious arrangements with doors.
From The Complete Home by Laughlin, Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth)
Her active young person was modelled on generous lines and, as a rule, clothed in a manner which, if inexpensive, detracted nothing from her conspicuous sightliness.
From The Day of Days An Extravaganza by Brown, Arthur William
For the tea-hour I constantly strove to provide some appetizing novelty, often, I confess, sacrificing nutrition to mere sightliness in view of my almost exclusive feminine patronage, yet never carrying this to an undignified extreme.
From Ruggles of Red Gap by Wilson, Harry Leon
