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slimily

slimily

7.4
In a wet, slippery way that feels unpleasant
  • adverb
  • /ˈslɪmɪli/
translation icon : pegajosamente
  • The snail crawled slimily along the garden path after the rain.

Examples

  • The fish slipped slimily from her grasp and fell back into the water.

  • He shook my hand slimily, making me want to wash it immediately.

  • He moved slimily across the wet floor.

  • The slimily coated surface made it hard to grip.

  • The snail crawled slimily along the garden path after the rain.

  • He shook my hand slimily, making me want to wash it immediately.

  • The fish slipped slimily from her grasp and fell back into the water.

Synonyms

lubriciously
vsslimily
8.6

In a smooth, slippery way that lets things move easily

is for the same smooth or slippery feel but with unpleasantness
clammily
vsslimily
7.5

In a cold, wet, and slightly sticky way that feels unpleasant

is for unpleasant smooth or slippery feel rather than moist stickiness
viscidly
vsslimily
9.9

In a thick, sticky way that clings to surfaces

focuses on unpleasant slipperiness or smoothness instead of mere thickness

How Slimy

slimily
7.4
slickly
3 6.6
smoothly
173 2.3

Surface Forms

slimily positive

Morphology

slimily = slimy (transparent) = slimy + ly

Formed regularly from the adjective 'slimy' with the productive adverbial suffix '-ly', yielding a straightforward manner meaning.

Etymology

Slimily comes from slime ('wet, sticky stuff') with the endings -y and -ly, so it literally means 'in a slimy way'. Picture something covered in slime sliding across your hand to remember the physical sense of being slippery or unpleasant to touch.