sightly

adj

1. (archaic)Attractive, pleasing to the eye; affording gratification to the sense of sight; aesthetically pleasing.

   “Many brave, sightly horses.”

   “Harry's sightly—yes, he's as sightly as the tallest pine of the mountains, and the Sarpent has named him accordingly; however, some fancy good looks, and some fancy good conduct, only.”

   “'Your face -ain't sightly,' said Ole Pa.”

2. (archaic)Offering a good view.

   “[…] yet the defendant wrongfully and unjustly intending to injure the plaintiff, and deprive him of his right to a free, safe, and unobstructed passage into and upon the said streets to and from his said lot, and to deprive him and his lot of the benefit and advantage of the sightly and elevated position of the lot and improvements […]”

   “30 acres land, situated high and sightly, commanding an unobstructed view of the surrounding country, […]”

   “Q. Would you consider land having an unobstructed view of one mile as having a sightly view, that is what you mean by sightly? A. Yes, it might be sightly.”

   “You will not have to wait for your ship to come in to buy one of these high and sightly lots commanding an unobstructed view of miles of the most beautiful coast line in California.”

   “This is one of the most sightly locations in Boston for an imposing religious group having an unobstructed view from practically all directions.”

3. (archaic)Open to sight; conspicuous.

   “In 1916 the people voted to have a High school and to build a new building which is now, 1917, completed and is a beautiful modern one-story brick building, known as Lincoln High school, located in the northeastern part of the village on a sightly spot known as Lincoln Hill.”

   “There is also a soldiers' monument on a sightly situation on Grand Avenue.”

   “He lived in the William Church, Jr., house which still occupies a sightly spot on West Hill.”