Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Slippery: same as sliddery.

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  • adjective Describing something that slithers, that moves like a snake.

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  • adjective having a slippery surface or quality

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Examples

  • I heard whispering - and a kind of slithery noise - but that's all.

    Five Are Together Again Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1966

  • Before you get carried away, admit - as the Independent's Michael Coveney does - that the "slithery" Atkinson "can't sing very well, and keeps missing the beat".

    Culture | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • He does this, with difficulty, and wraps a whip around its snout, then putting some kind of slithery creature into its ear that tames it.

    SPIKE Featured Videos 2009

  • That seems to be what the Right is saying with every slithery move it makes.

    Steven Weber: Connecting the Dots Steven Weber 2011

  • That seems to be what the Right is saying with every slithery move it makes.

    Steven Weber: Connecting the Dots Steven Weber 2011

  • I'd rather have an honest gay who is comfortable with his/her sexuality than a slithery, snaky, whiny, hypocritical, philandering, lying, thieving mark snafu-rd for my governonr.

    Sanford accused of smear campaign against Bauer 2009

  • If the remake, with Nicolas Cage as a rogue cop named Terence McDonagh, commits the sin of entertainment, it's redeemed by a sense of life's contradictions and distinguished by surreal flourishes that include a pair of iguanas, slithery witnesses to Terence's mania.

    'Five': A Series Wakes Up at the Wheel Joe Morgenstern 2011

  • Then there's Potter's other tools of the trade: blonde bangs, glittery ankle-high shoes with killer stilettos and those "Ooh La La" long legs in a slithery, sparkly, silvery mini-dress that seem made for each other.

    Michael Bialas: A Hot Winter Night in Denver With Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Michael Bialas 2011

  • There were a few days of rain and wet snow that made the county road a slithery mass of greasy mud.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • While these vibrantly hued python totes are nowhere near as slithery or deadly as Casati's writhing ornaments, they're sure to draw attention, especially when worn against the dark palettes favored in the chilly months.

    Color Me Happy 2011

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