[
UK
/slˈɪpi/
]
ADJECTIVE
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causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
a slippery bar of soap
slippery sidewalks
the streets are still slippy from the rain
How To Use slippy In A Sentence
- I'm finally alerted by a creepy slithery, slippy step nearby on soppy, dew-saturated fallen leaves.
- The rain made conditions underfoot rather slippy, but that did not seem to deter the hundreds of children who participated in the various events all afternoon.
- I am very unsteady on my feet in slippy weather, all be it I am only in my mid 50s, perhaps because I come from a flat area of the country and am not used to negotiating slopes in icy weather.
- A stone travelling more slowly can be made to go further with the assistance of your team mates, sweeping vigorously just in front of its path, warming the ice and making it more slippy.
- Thank the good Lord I'd chosen my chocolate-brown satin Victoria's Secret grundies that morning, instead of something less slippy.
- Only the main trunk roads had been gritted, meaning anyone using other routes had to contend with icy and slippy surfaces that offered little grip.
- Competition was keen as the youngsters negotiated the testing courses that easily cut up following heavy overnight rain and made for slippy underfoot conditions.
- But we are still trying to play on the courts and in this weather it gets very slippy and can be quite lethal to play on.
- Also in a quite untimely manner given that Halloween was a week ago; and that I'm clinging on tight to the scrag end of my late-30s with very slippy hands. What I bought this week: leather
- All of which was a tad harsh on his players after a sodden day's play, so soft and slippy as to be an unreliable indicator of the teams' prospects in the months ahead.