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Definition of Slimy
1. Adjective. Covered with or resembling slime. "A slimy substance covered the rocks"
2. Adjective. Morally reprehensible. "A slimy little liar"
Similar to: Evil
Derivative terms: Despicability, Despicableness, Sliminess, Ugliness, Unworthiness
Definition of Slimy
1. a. Of or pertaining to slime; resembling slime; of the nature of slime; viscous; glutinous; also, covered or daubed with slime; yielding, or abounding in, slime.
Definition of Slimy
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to, resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, yielding, abounding in slime; viscous; glutinous. ¹
2. Adjective. (slang figuratively) friendly in a false, calculating way; underhanded; sneaky. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slimy
1. resembling slime [adj SLIMIER, SLIMIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slimy
Literary usage of Slimy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Milk Question by Milton Joseph Rosenau (1912)
"slimy or ropy milk Under certain circumstances mucilaginous substances ...
slimy milk has been obtained of such viscosity that it could be drawn into ..."
2. A Text Book of General Bacteriology by William Dodge Frost, Eugene Franklin McCampbell (1910)
"slimy Milk. — slimy milk may be produced as the result of bacterial growth.
Some bacteria grow in milk, and secrete a mucilaginous substance which causes ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"A slimy mucus is smeared over their skin, to which they owe their Greek name of
Blennius. Several are viviparous, and there is a tubercle near the anus of ..."
4. A Manual of Determinative Bacteriology by Frederick Dixon Chester (1901)
"Turbid ; on the surface a very thin pellicle, which is slimy and easily broken,
... Rendered slimy, with gas production. Habitat. Isolated from beer, yeast, ..."
5. The Homoeopathic domestic medicine by Joseph Laurie (1883)
"Insipid, slimy taste, or foul taste in the mouth ; repeated and constant eructations,
sometimes with bitter or sour taste, or, at other times, with taste of ..."