What does slithy mean?
Slithy means lithe and slimy or slithery..
Slithy
/ˈslaɪði/ · adjective
Meaning
lithe and slimy or slithery..
Example Sentences
The squid wrapped its slithy tentacles around its prey.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe.
She wanted to wear these slithy, snaky gowns you see in the pictures in the hallways of the $3 photographers.
Such a carriage is known as “an araba,” or alternatively as an yaili—a name which is probably onomatopœic, for it is about the “slithiest” thing that runs on wheels.
Falling roof, hidden shafts, slithiest snakes could not have stopped me after that. I arrived in the sparkling area.
He sweeps down; a frog is pinioned / Swift arrives his faithful soul-mate / True-loves share their slithy dinner.
The Beast, slithier even than the Jabberwock and certainly a deal more manxsome as a foe, grips in its claws a dreaded P45 from Piers marking the end of employment at Gussage Court.
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The squid wrapped its slithy tentacles around its prey.
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