slithery
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- adjective
- /ˈslɪðəri/
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resbaladizo
- Small fish in translucent clouds, tickling her with their slithery tails.
- a slithery thing
- slithery creatures
Examples
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The slithery surface of the ice made it difficult to walk without slipping.
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She rolled her lip out, slithery pink where the lipstick ended.
Fiction book (2002) -
But, if you're wondering how to best handle an encounter with a slithery friend, read on.
Blog text (25) -
His grip was strong but slithery, like a snake coiling around my hand.
Fiction book (2002) -
They may grow these like, slithery, very thin roots that can go much farther with less energy to find water in farther places.
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I don't like leaving the ship to ghosts and other slithery creatures while I'm unconscious.
Fiction book (2002) -
Nina did not want to go; she loathes Mudge and his slithery ways.
Fiction book (1990) -
Asha had no desire to challenge those brambles... or the slithery creatures she felt sure must abide there.
Fiction book (1995) -
But thousands of Minnesota Catholics angered by the church's campaign have joined the opposition, said the Rev. Grant Stevensen, faith leader for Minnesotans United for All Families. What a slithery name.
Blog text (31) -
She made a strange, unchristian sign over herself—a slithery passage of the hand from shoulder to shoulder—which was aped by every villager present.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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A surface that makes you slip or slide
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Smooth and slippery in a way that makes walking dangerous
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Covered in a wet, slippery layer, like on fish or rocks
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Having a surface that lets things move easily
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Likely to make you slip on a wet or icy surface
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Smooth and moving with quick sliding motions
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Having a smooth, slippery surface because of oil or water
Slippery and hard to hold like a wet fish
Antonyms
How Slippery
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Slithery comes from the verb slither, which means 'to slide' like a snake and is similar to the common word slip. Think of a wet rock or a snake's skin that lets you glide away easily — that's why slithery means smooth and slippery, making things slide or hard to hold.