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slippier

slippier is the comparative form of slippy.

Meaning of slippy

Adjective

slippy (comparative slippier, superlative slippiest)

  1. (Ireland, Pennsylvania, UK, Western, slightly informal, Ottawa Valley) Slippery.
    • It was darker now and there were stones and bits of wood on the strand and slippy seaweed.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
  2. (Ireland, UK, dated) Spry, nimble.
    • Well, come on then, let's look slippy.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 5, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC

Questions about slippier

What is slippier the comparative form of?
Slippier is the comparative form of slippy.

Words near slippier in the dictionary

  1. slippery slides
  2. slippery slope
  3. slippery slopes
  4. slippest
  5. slippeth
  6. slippier
  7. slippiest
  8. slippily
  9. slippin'
  10. slippiness
  11. slipping

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