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slimy::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | slimed |
| Derivation | slime, sliminess |
a slimy substance covered the rocks.
Examples of slimy
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That's the slimy half-truth of the Building Trades Council mailer against Ashby.
From the sacbee.com
Too much of one ingredient, especially grass clippings, can make the heap slimy.
From the expressandstar.com
He takes Robert, a slimy, corporate villain and makes him likeable and charming.
From the stltoday.com
While many other Suillus species have a sticky or slimy cap, S. spraguei is dry.
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I've always thought it was slimy that we've turned health care into an industry.
From the nation.time.com
The slimy, pink-striped blob causes more than $32 million in losses every year.
From the businessweek.com
The sheer, slimy audacity of the McCain ads has given him a nice midsummer run.
From the time.com
If I found out that a company did that on me, there's something slimy about it.
From the courier-journal.com
She is the avatar of a slimy ethos newly prominent in American politics and life.
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- Slimed: covered with or resembling slime; "a slimy substance covered the rocks"
- Despicable: morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"
- The ponyfishes also known as slipmouths or slimys are a small family, Leiognathidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes. They inhabit marine and brackish waters in the Indian Ocean and West Pacific.
- Of or pertaining to, resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, yielding, abounding in slime; viscous; glutinous; friendly in a false, calculating way; underhanded; sneaky
- Fish have a protective mucous in addition to or instead of scales (especially lampreys and bony fishes). This slimy coating is full of colloidal proteins that can be used (like gelatine) as a base for jellies.
- An adjective used to describe a man or a lesbian whose primary interests upon meeting a new female are related to sex, with a view to eliminating or reducing preliminaries or courtship, which are seen as annoyances. ...
