adj
slithery
Slithery (adj) means moving with a smooth, twisting motion, like a snake.
adj
1
Moving with a smooth, twisting motion, like a snake.
"They are doubts from the abyss that drag their cold and slithery bodies across the soul."
— Fernando Pessoa, Triangular Dream (2001)
2
(informal) Dishonest and hard to pin down; untrustworthy.
"The suspects include mischievous caricatures from the New York art world-a guileful art dealer, a slithery lawyer, a glittering female collector of celebrities, a vacant former model who is Maitland's widow, and so on."
— John Show, Stilled Life (1977)
3
So slippery that it makes one slither.
"Attempted but never conquered was a possible fifth way, the Grand Pilastre, a 5,000-ft. perpendicular wall of gripless, smooth rock and slithery green ice that looms over empty space toward the summit."
— , How to Lose Fear (1957)
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Etymology
This word came from Middle English slidery, which is equivalent to, and was remodelled as, slither and -y.
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What is the meaning of slithery?
"slithery" (adj) means moving with a smooth, twisting motion, like a snake.
What are the different meanings of slithery?
"slithery" has 3 main meanings: 1. Moving with a smooth, twisting motion, like a snake; 2. (informal) Dishonest and hard to pin down; untrustworthy; 3. So slippery that it makes one slither.
