Meaning of slithy | Babel Free

Definitions

lithe and slimy or slithery.

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Examples

“The squid wrapped its slithy tentacles around its prey.”

“'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe.”

“She wanted to wear⟳ these slithy, snaky gowns you see⟳ in the pictures in the hallways of the $3 photographers.”

“Such a carriage is known as “an araba,” or alternatively as an yaili—a name⟳ which is probably onomatopœic, for it is about the “slithiest” thing that runs on wheels.”

“Falling roof, hidden shafts, slithiest snakes could not have⟳ stopped me after that. I arrived in the sparkling area.”

“He sweeps down; a frog is pinioned / Swift arrives his faithful soul-mate / True-loves share⟳ their slithy dinner.”

“The Beast, slithier even than the Jabberwock and certainly a deal⟳ more manxsome as a foe, grips in its claws a dreaded P45 from Piers marking the end⟳ of employment at Gussage Court.”

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