as in slippery
having or being a surface so smooth as to greatly reduce traction
low tide exposes a stretch of beach strewn with seaweed and slithery rocks
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Recent Examples of slithery
The slithery one all but drags Emperor Javicco Corrino (Mark Strong) and his family into a murderous game of power that leads to a reckoning with the sisterhood.
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
In May 2023, Salgado’s class worked hard to earn the privilege of having a classroom pet that wasn’t a slithery snake.
—Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2024
Just ask the legion of citizen scientists watching a live stream of these slithery creatures and reporting their behaviors.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2024
But how exactly did snakes evolve, and what made these slithery creatures so successful across the planet today?
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 4 June 2024
Cadden added that after speaking to a Game and Fish expert on reptiles, the slithery creature appeared to be a gopher snake, one of the most common nonvenomous snakes in Arizona.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2024
Transportation Security Administration agents in South Florida got a slithery surprise after the federal agency reported finding snakes in a passenger's pants at an airport checkpoint.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
As the hero dreams of better days, a liquid melody unfolds over nocturnal instrumentation, including slithery strings and rustlings of percussion.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
Oprah Winfrey is unearthing the slithery, slimy secrets of her kitchen.
—Elizabeth Leonard, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
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“Slithery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slithery. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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