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Definition of Slithering
1. Adjective. Moving as on a slippery surface. "His slipping and slithering progress over the ice"
Definition of Slithering
1. Verb. (present participle of slither) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slithering
1. slither [v] - See also: slither
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slithering
Literary usage of Slithering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"lie's always boon an idle, loitering man, and slithering, like.' Slithery, adj.
slippery; unstable; unsteady. Slive, sb. a slice. va to slice; cut a slice. ..."
2. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"He's always been an idle, loitering man, and slithering, like.' Slithery, adj.
slippery ; unstable; unsteady. Slive, sb. a slice. va to slice; ..."
3. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1877)
"A heavier lurch and crash sent me slithering right across the saloon. ...
slithering on his haunches.' — Wolf Hunting in Brittany, 210. ..."
4. A Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words Used in the County of Gloucester by John Drummond Robertson (1890)
"He's always been an idle, loitering man, and slithering, like.' Slithery, adj.
slippery ; unstable ; unsteady. Slive, sb. a slice. va to slice ; cut a slice ..."
5. A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical by John Christopher Atkinson (1868)
"... over slippery surfaces or slimy substances and of general looseness or
unsteadiness of gait or conduct, as in E. slippery, our slithery, slithering. ..."
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