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Meaning of slimsy | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
ˈslɪmzi

Definitions

flimsy; frail

US, colloquial, dated

Examples

“In front of the store, and in and out of the interminable pushcarts, with their flaring oil-lamps at night illuminating a bewildering miscellany of merchandise,—everything from spoiled grapefruit to slimsy suspenders, Rosey played and fought and bit her way.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

slimy slinged slingy slink slinkier slinkiest

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