Aslither

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Slithering.

    "The gravel was soft and loose in the banks, and we tried to stay near the middle of the road; our rear wheel moved us all aslither, and we rode with our weight off the seat, pushed forward on the foot pedals."

  2. 2
    Covered (with or in something slithering or slippery).

    "Under the vaulted architraves [of the fish and poultry market], the white marble slabs all aslither with hunks and fillets remind you why they used to call it ‘wet fish’."

Example

More examples

"The gravel was soft and loose in the banks, and we tried to stay near the middle of the road; our rear wheel moved us all aslither, and we rode with our weight off the seat, pushed forward on the foot pedals."

Etymology

From a- + slither.

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