slidey
/ˈslaɪdi/
slidey adjective: tending to slide or cause sliding; slippery.
Adjective
slidey (comparative more slidey, superlative most slidey)
- Tending to slide or cause sliding; slippery.
- I always prefer playing indoors on a soft, bouncy, slidey wood surface because outdoor asphalt courts release the day's heat slowly and the softened tar sucks at the bottoms of your sneakers.1998, Charles Rosen, Barney Polan's game: a novel of the 1951 college basketball scandals, page 58
- Tunes with titles like “Mazurka Maracaibo” shimmer with countless plucked strings. Mr. Brozman deploys everything from the small Bolivian charango to a Finnish harp called the kantele, while there’s usually something slidey to carry the melody.2007 July 15, Jon Pareles, “Sounds Dire, Droll, Dreamy and on the Edge of Kitsch”, in New York Times
Forms of slidey
| comparative | more slidey |
|---|---|
| superlative | most slidey |
| alternative form | slidy |
Origin of slidey
From slide + -y.
Words that rhyme with slidey
Questions about slidey
- What does slidey mean?
- Slidey means tending to slide or cause sliding; slippery.
- What part of speech is slidey?
- Slidey is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce slidey?
- Slidey is pronounced /ˈslaɪdi/.
Words near slidey in the dictionary
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