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slidy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈslaɪdi/

Etymology

From slide + -y.

Meanings

1. Allowing or conducive to sliding; slippery.
2. Having a sliding motion.
   • “It was the most absurd kiss. I don't believe he'd ever kissed a woman in his life before. I threw my head back, and it was a sort of slidy, pecking dab, just on the end of the chin — here.” Mrs. Hauksbee tapped her masculine little chin with her fan. 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 42:

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