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Examples of slithery in a Sentence
She wore a sexy, slithery dress.
low tide exposes a stretch of beach strewn with seaweed and slithery rocks
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Related The caption also featured a snake emoji, the latest in a recent string of teases that has employed slithery language and imagery.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2023
However, the star told Conservation International that found quick kinship with his new slithery namesake.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Aug. 2023
Other standouts are Danny Campbell as Katrine’s brooding father, Morten; Trevor Cruse as the slithery and corrupt newspaper publisher Hovstad; Kimberly Weinberger as the Stockmanns’ idealistic daughter, Petra; and Walter Murray as the self-sacrificing sea captain Horster.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2023
Flowers, who leads the ACC in receptions (52) and receiving yards (691), was dynamic and slithery once again.
—Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2022
Live octopus is gelatinous and slithery, its textures still beyond the pale for most American palates.
—New York Times, 28 Sep. 2021
Perhaps the Kraken is something less shadowy, less slithery, less imaginary.
—Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2020
Watch the video to the end to see Jack try to muster up the courage to walk past the fang-y, slithery snake fight.
—Ryan Sabalow, sacbee, 28 July 2017
But this is early March, and those slithery devils are likely still coiled in their dens, awaiting warmer temperatures.
—Bruce Whiting, idahostatesman, 17 Apr. 2017
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2023
However, the star told Conservation International that found quick kinship with his new slithery namesake.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Aug. 2023
Other standouts are Danny Campbell as Katrine’s brooding father, Morten; Trevor Cruse as the slithery and corrupt newspaper publisher Hovstad; Kimberly Weinberger as the Stockmanns’ idealistic daughter, Petra; and Walter Murray as the self-sacrificing sea captain Horster.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2023
Flowers, who leads the ACC in receptions (52) and receiving yards (691), was dynamic and slithery once again.
—Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2022
Live octopus is gelatinous and slithery, its textures still beyond the pale for most American palates.
—New York Times, 28 Sep. 2021
Perhaps the Kraken is something less shadowy, less slithery, less imaginary.
—Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2020
Watch the video to the end to see Jack try to muster up the courage to walk past the fang-y, slithery snake fight.
—Ryan Sabalow, sacbee, 28 July 2017
But this is early March, and those slithery devils are likely still coiled in their dens, awaiting warmer temperatures.
—Bruce Whiting, idahostatesman, 17 Apr. 2017
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First Known Use
circa 1825, in the meaning defined above
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“Slithery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slithery. Accessed 29 Nov. 2023.
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slithery
adjective
slith·ery
ˈslit͟h-ə-rē 
: having a slippery surface, texture, or quality
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