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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Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2025
If the bottom is slimy, Ek said to squirt dish or hand soap into the chamber, add water, tighten the lid and shake hard.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
Traditional cottage cheese is often gloopy, chunky or even slimy.
—Emma Sandler, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Frog legs for dinner Frog hunting is nothing new; humans have been killing and eating the slimy green amphibians since 100 AD.
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Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2025
If the bottom is slimy, Ek said to squirt dish or hand soap into the chamber, add water, tighten the lid and shake hard.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
Traditional cottage cheese is often gloopy, chunky or even slimy.
—Emma Sandler, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Frog legs for dinner Frog hunting is nothing new; humans have been killing and eating the slimy green amphibians since 100 AD.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for slimy
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“Slimy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slimy. Accessed 18 Oct. 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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