as in muddy
full of or covered with soft wet earth
please remove your slimy boots before coming into the house
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Recent Examples of slimy
Discard if the cucumber slices become slimy or the water develops an off smell.
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Lindsey Desoto, Health, 30 Dec. 2025
In autumn, their leaves get all slimy underfoot.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
After not playing golf for a decade, Happy agrees to pick up the clubs once more to win money for his family and to take down a slimy new golf league.
—Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025
Create With The Kids Gather your kids and see what fun cornstarch can be with slimy science fun.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
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Lindsey Desoto, Health, 30 Dec. 2025
In autumn, their leaves get all slimy underfoot.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
After not playing golf for a decade, Happy agrees to pick up the clubs once more to win money for his family and to take down a slimy new golf league.
—Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025
Create With The Kids Gather your kids and see what fun cornstarch can be with slimy science fun.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for slimy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slimy
muddy
Adjective
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To further muddy eligibility requirements, new legal rulings under consideration may exclude years played in junior college or even professional leagues.—
Sheldon H. Jacobson,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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Whatever has been muddy or poorly understood on the domestic scene should come sharply into focus now.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Jan. 2026
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