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- adjective
comparative form ofsightly : moresightly
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Examples
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The interior of the honky-tonk was no sightlier than the exterior.
Where There's Smoke Brown, Sandra, 1948- 1994
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He could have gone on and found within five miles two or three sightlier, healthier spots.
The Ivory Trail Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920
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He could have gone on and found within five miles two or three sightlier, healthier spots.
The Ivory Trail Talbot Mundy 1909
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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.
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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
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There ain't a sightlier place in the world for a house.
The Rise of Silas Lapham William Dean Howells 1878
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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.
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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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