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slimy
/ ˈɪɪ /
adjective
characterized by, covered with, containing, secreting, or resembling slime
offensive or repulsive
characterized by servility
Other Word Forms
- slimily adverb
- sliminess noun
- ˈԱ noun
- ˈ adverb
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
But there is one little thing: Okra, like marshmallow root and aloe vera, is mucilaginous, meaning it can get slimy when sliced and cooked.
Dude’s nefarious and slimy and anything shady seems to have to do with him.
"I felt a slimy texture brush my face," he recalled, adding that all he could see was dark blue and white.
Fruit and fruit juices that have started to thaw can be refrozen unless they’ve started to get moldy, slimy or smell like yeast.
In 1880, Mississippi’s Meridian Mercury called for an end to all cooperation with the North: “Above all, love your own sunny Southland...Eschew all slimy hypocrisy about loving the whole country.”
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