slippy
adjective (slippy, slippier, slippiest)
Everyday
(informal, UK, Ireland, Australia) Slippery; smooth or wet so that you slide or fall easily. tree →
In the lessons
In everyday life and safety, «Careful, it's slippy!» warns about icy paths or wet floors. Phrases: slippy floor, slippy road.
Examples
- Careful, the floor is slippy! tree →
- The path is slippy with ice. tree →
- Wet leaves make the road slippy. tree →
- The soap is so slippy I keep dropping it. tree →
- My shoes are slippy on the gym floor. tree →
- It was the slippiest day of winter. tree →
Note
Informal; in writing use slippery. Comparative: slippier, slippiest.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «slippy» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «slippy» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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