slimier; slimiest
Examples of slimy in a Sentence
Get your slimy fingers off my jacket.
please remove your slimy boots before coming into the house
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Before eating, double check that the fruit still smells fresh and doesn't have a sour aroma or slimy texture.
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Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Mar. 2025
There’s something a bit slimy and a bit dirty about a kind of rat’s tail.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
The slimy ne’er-do-well Timo (Steven Yeun), who roped Mickey into the loan-shark snafu and had the same idea to run away into space, can’t stop making under-the-table deals.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
Michael Gandolfini pops up as a slimy Fisk mayoral staffer who wouldn’t look out of place in this magazine’s recent cover featuring the new young right, and his playing both pathetic and vaguely sympathetic is very fun to watch.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
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Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Mar. 2025
There’s something a bit slimy and a bit dirty about a kind of rat’s tail.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
The slimy ne’er-do-well Timo (Steven Yeun), who roped Mickey into the loan-shark snafu and had the same idea to run away into space, can’t stop making under-the-table deals.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
Michael Gandolfini pops up as a slimy Fisk mayoral staffer who wouldn’t look out of place in this magazine’s recent cover featuring the new young right, and his playing both pathetic and vaguely sympathetic is very fun to watch.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Slimy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slimy. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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slimy
adjective
slimier; slimiest
1
a
: of, relating to, or resembling slime : viscous
b
: covered with or producing slime
2
sliminess
noun
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