slippy

adj — 2 senses

slippy

adj

/ˈslɪpi/

Etymology From slip + -y. Compare Old English slipiġ (“slippy, slimy, viscid”).

1

Ireland, Pennsylvania, UK, Western Slippery.

Slightly informal; Ottawa Valley; slightly informal; Ottawa Valley

It was darker now and there were stones and bits of wood on the strand and slippy seaweed.1922 February, 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:

Derived terms: slippily, slippiness, slippy map

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