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slippy

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slip·py  (slp)
adj.
Slippery.
slippi·ly adv.
slippy
Adjective
[-pier, -piest] Informal or dialect same as slippery (senses 1, 2)
slippiness n
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Adj.1.slippy - causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain"
slippery
smooth - having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror"
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German slippy [ˈslɪpɪ] adj (= slippery) → glatt
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In doing which she lost her temper, or mislaid it for an instant; for, the water being uncomfortably cold, and in that slippy, slushy, sleety sort of state wherein it seems to penetrate through every kind of substance, patten rings included-- had laid hold of Mrs.
The Cricket on the Hearth by Dickens, Charles View in context
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