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  • adjective comparative form of sightly: more sightly

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Examples

  • The interior of the honky-tonk was no sightlier than the exterior.

    Where There's Smoke Brown, Sandra, 1948- 1994

  • He could have gone on and found within five miles two or three sightlier, healthier spots.

    The Ivory Trail Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920

  • He could have gone on and found within five miles two or three sightlier, healthier spots.

    The Ivory Trail Talbot Mundy 1909

  • It did seem as if airmen, who must be brimming like full cups with wine of romance and imagination, ought to have invented sightlier houses for their beloved machines.

    Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley 1901

  • I guess you won't find a much sightlier place anywhere; though, accordin 'to Jeff's say, here, they've got bigger mountains on the other side.

    The Landlord at Lion's Head — Complete William Dean Howells 1878

  • There ain't a sightlier place in the world for a house.

    The Rise of Silas Lapham William Dean Howells 1878

  • The soup and salad section includes some basic sandwiches that are of course fancied up a bit, there is a BLT with a few added ingredients, a Mexican Chicken soup, and a chicken salad sandwich, as well as some sightlier fancy soups and sandwiches like robillata, and shrimp bisque.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

  • Mrs. Vostrand owned as much; and he added: "Well, I guess you won't find a much sightlier place anywhere; though, accordin 'to Jeff's say, here, they've got bigger mountains on the other side.

    The Landlord at Lion's Head — Volume 1 William Dean Howells 1878

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