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  • adjective comparative form of slinky: more slinky

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Examples

  • And when you get tired of the woollen tights (although, really, how could you?) or just want something a little slinkier in the evening, sheer black tights with polka dots are permissible because they are fabulous.

    Is it ever acceptable to wear American tan tights? Hadley Freeman 2010

  • She says it's part of a late '60s, early '70s influence with looser, longer, flowing and slinkier silhouettes that swept the fashion industry this year.

    A Sweeping Winter Fashion Statement Ray A. Smith 2011

  • Another popular version is the cocktail sari, easy to slip on and made of lighter, slinkier fabric and worn with a sexy spaghetti strap blouse.

    Reinvention of the sari brings a comeback on catwalks, at cocktail parties Emily Wax 2010

  • Parody can be just as crude, but usually it is slinkier, more insinuating; there's something snugly parasitic in its intimacy.

    The Sincerest Form of Ridicule 2010

  • And then later, trading her silk strapless Vera Wang wedding gown for a slinkier little white number as she took the floor with her bridegroom, Marc Mezvinsky, for a cutely choreographed dance to "At Last."

    Chelsea Clinton, Marc Mezvinsky wedding details: "Like a family wedding" 2010

  • Yes, she missed him between visits, but it was the best exercise motivator around because she had target dates to look her best and flash her new arms in a slinky little black dress—and an even slinkier one thirty days later.

    Six Weeks to Sleeveless and Sexy JJ Virgin 2010

  • For the most part, the women seem pleased with their garments, although Shirin's model clearly wanted something slinkier.

    Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 8 Recap: Gay Divorcees 2009

  • I think I stuck, mainly because the feel of it is just better, you know, groovier and slinkier.

    James Hunter: 'People Gonna Talk' 2006

  • Since the launch of his solo career a few years ago, he's transformed himself from a dusty blues-folk troubadour to a purveyor of something slinkier and, in its own way, more sinister.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • Since the launch of his solo career a few years ago, he's transformed himself from a dusty blues-folk troubadour to a purveyor of something slinkier and, in its own way, more sinister.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

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