slithery

adjective

So smooth and glassy as to offer insecure hold or footing: lubricious, slick, slippery. Idioms: slippery as an eel. See smooth/rough.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: having a slippery surface or quality

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - glat, glidende

Nederlands (Dutch)
glibberig

Français (French)
adj. - glissant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schlüpfrig und behende

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - γλιστερός, γλοιώδης

Italiano (Italian)
scivoloso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - escorregadiço (m), deslizante (m)

Русский (Russian)
скользкий, нечистоплотный, нечистый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - resbaladizo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hal

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
滑的, 滑溜的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 滑的, 滑溜的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 미끈미끈한, 반들반들한, 미끄러지듯 걷는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - すべすべした, 滑るような

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) زلق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חלק, חלקלק‬

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