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Slippy

//ˈslɪpi// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Slippery. Ireland, Pennsylvania, UK, Western

    "It was darker now and there were stones and bits of wood on the strand and slippy seaweed."

  2. 2
    Spry, nimble. Ireland, UK, dated

    "Well, come on then, let's look slippy."

Adjective
  1. 1
    causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide wordnet

Etymology

From slip + -y. Compare Old English slipiġ (“slippy, slimy, viscid”).

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