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slippy

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slip·py  (slp)
adj.
Slippery.

slippi·ly adv.

slippy [ˈslɪpɪ]
adj -pier, -piest
1. Informal or dialect another word for slippery [1] [2]
2. Brit informal alert; quick
slippiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"
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"
Translations
slippy [ˈslɪpɪ] ADV (Brit) to be slippy; look slippy about itdarse prisa, menearse
look slippy!¡menearse!
we shall have to look slippytendremos que darnos prisa
slippy
adj (inf)
(= slippery)glatt
(esp Brit) to look slippyeinen Zahn zulegen (inf)(about sth bei etw); … and look slippy (about it)!und zwar flott or ein bisschen dalli! (inf)
slippy [ˈslɪpɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) → scivoloso/a
slippy [ˈslɪpɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) → scivoloso/a


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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.
 
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