Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Slow; indolent; procrastinating; deceitful.
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- verb Present participle of
slither .
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- adjective moving as on a slippery surface
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Examples
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The trot should be properly studied in a school or enclosure before a lady is taken out on the roads, for she can learn nothing by "slithering" along anyhow, and will be liable to contract a bad method of riding, which will probably prevent her from ever becoming a good horsewoman.
The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. Alice M. Hayes 1873
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As usual, F--- went first and I followed, taking care not to keep below him, lest he and Leo should come "slithering" (that is the only word for it) down upon me; but, alas, it was Helen and I who slithered!
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[I suspect 'slithering' would be a more accurate descriptor.] "Even though the number was worse than expected, in some ways you could almost say that was being built in," said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at Standard & Poor's Equity Research.
Conceptual Guerilla - Central Command in the War of Ideas 2008
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She couldn’t have been more pleased with herself trying to squirm up Lynn Cheney’s inflamed sphincter, like some kind of slithering tumor trying to find its way home.
Think Progress » Mainstream media pick up Drudge fiction. 2006
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"slithering" from side to side or by pushing with your foot, opening up even more trick possibilities and making it that much harder to put away.
unknown title 2009
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"slithering" from side to side or by pushing with your foot, opening up even more trick possibilities and making it that much harder to put away.
unknown title 2009
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"slithering" from side to side or by pushing with your foot, opening up even more trick possibilities and making it that much harder to put away.
unknown title 2009
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"slithering" from side to side or by pushing with your foot, opening up even more trick possibilities and making it that much harder to put away.
unknown title 2009
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"slithering" from side to side or by pushing with your foot, opening up even more trick possibilities and making it that much harder to put away.
unknown title 2009
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It has – Leee John-like – been slithering toward us for several decades with a winsome look on its pan.
Wimbledon deafened by cacophony of body language | Harry Pearson 2011
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