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slashiest

slashiest is the superlative form of slashy.

Meaning of slashy

Adjective

slashy (comparative slashier, superlative slashiest)

  1. Involving lots of cutting with blades, or swordwork.
    • Fans of all things feathered and slashy have the rest of the month to obtain a PSP, if they don't yet have one.2008 March 25, Zach Welhouse, “Starring Sephiroth and Some Other Chumps”, in RPGamer, archived from the original on 27 Dec 2008
  2. resembling a slash (the punctuation mark)
    • It was written by a fellow named Hans S. Tommerholt, and I apologize to you all, but there's actually a slashy thing through the first "o" in his last name,2009 June 22, Ted Dziuba, “Opera Software reinvents complete irrelevance”, in The Register
  3. wet, having wet ground, slushy
    • Italy's Rinaldo Ruetti mastered a slashy, water-logged bobsled run today and took a substantial lead in the world two-man championships1962 January 21, “Italy's No. 2 Team Leads In Two-Man Bobsled Meet”, in Baltimore Sun^(https://archive.today/20130630042403/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1708903982.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS...
  4. making a movement akin to swiping a sword.
    • Matt Damon, playing an assassin without a cause, gets to show off some very deftly timed martial-arts moves, flipping his limbs around with the slashy percussive precision of ninja nunchakus.2002 June 21, Owen Gleiberman, “The Bourne Identity”, in Entertainment Weekly, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2011
  5. darting, running in a zigzag motion
    • "Steve Smith is more of a slashy guy, very quick. He runs really good routes. Jarrett is a prototypical big receiver. He gets up there with the best of them..."2007 January 1, Teddy Greenstein, “2-for-1 promotion ; Michigan-USC winner figures to be preseason No. 1 team in 2007”, in Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013
  6. of a work of art, done in the style that suggests the painter was slashing the canvas with a paintbrush
    • In the last hour we've managed to do ten [drawings] total (I did six in a more abstract, slashy style, and she did four, neatly and precisely). I've never really done any kind of art outside of school, except for writing.2007, Julie Halpern, Get Well Soon, page 88

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Questions about slashiest

What is slashiest the superlative form of?
Slashiest is the superlative form of slashy.

Words near slashiest in the dictionary

  1. slashfic
  2. slashfics
  3. slashie
  4. slashier
  5. slashies
  6. slashiest
  7. slashified
  8. slashifies
  9. slashify
  10. slashifying
  11. slashin'

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