slippered
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5.1
- adjective
- /ˈslɪpərd/
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- As she walked through the house, her slippered feet made hardly a sound on the wooden floors.
- slippered feet
Examples
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The doorknob turned, and then she heard Katherine's slippered.
Fiction book (1991) -
Once I wrote in violet ink in my boudoir, with slippered feet tucked beneath my chair, where no adversity but a little rain could ever touch me; no adversity but what my own soul wrought.
Fiction book (1997) -
Then, on 1/12/11, I fell down while stepping one of my slippered feet out of my building's front door to grab the newspaper.
Blog text (32) -
She too had a figure to be reckoned with, and her slippered feet seemed tiny.
Fiction book (1994) -
"A scruffy cat poked its head out between her doughy, slippered feet.
Fiction book (2001) -
Her slippered feet shuffled unsteadily forward with grim purpose.
Fiction book (1995) -
My slippered foot was slipping and stinging against the salt and chunky scraps of ice on the pavement.
Fiction book (2001) -
I wasn't disappointed about not having red shoes like Dorothy, because the Ruby-Slippered Sisterhood had recently awarded me second place in the Make It Golden Contest.
Blog text (23) -
He enjoyed the warmth of his slippered feet as he settled down on the couch with a good book.
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After a long day, she let out a sigh of relief as she slipped off her shoes and put on her slippered feet.
How Shod
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Slippered comes from slipper, which is from slip meaning 'to slide', plus the ending -ed that makes an adjective meaning 'wearing'. So a slippered person is 'wearing' soft shoes you can 'slip' on, which helps them move in quiet, sliding steps.