sleight
/slaɪt/ noun C2- Cunning; craft; artful practice.
- An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
- Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.
Plural sleights
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By employing this syntactical sleight of hand, the speaker acknowledges that an unfortunate event occurred without actually accepting personal responsibility for the transgression.
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