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Webster 1913 Edition


Sightly

Sight′ly

,
Adj.
1.
Pleasing to the sight; comely.
“Many brave, sightly horses.”
L’Estrange.
2.
Open to sight; conspicuous;
as, a house stands in a
sightly
place
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sightly

SIGHTLY

,
Adj.
1.
Pleasing to the eye; striking to the view.
Many brave sightly horses. We have thirty members, the most sightly of all her majesty's subjects.
2.
Open to the view; that may be seen from a distance. We say; a house stands in a sightly place.