Sleight (noun)
sly-t
The use of dexterity or cunning, especially so as to deceive.
Middle English sleghth ‘cunning, skill’, from Old Norse slœgth, from slœgr ‘sly’.
Example sentences
“Whether through sleight of hand, or sleight of logic, he won the day.”
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