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SLITHERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slithery mean? 

SLITHERY (adjective)
  The adjective SLITHERY has 1 sense:

1. having a slippery surface or qualityplay

  Familiarity information: SLITHERY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SLITHERY (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a slippery surface or quality

Context example:

slithery eels

Similar:

slippery; slippy (causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide)


 Context examples 


Do you feel a creeping, shrinking sensation, Watson, when you stand before the serpents in the Zoo, and see the slithery, gliding, venomous creatures, with their deadly eyes and wicked, flattened faces?

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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