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She wore a sexy, slithery dress.
low tide exposes a stretch of beach strewn with seaweed and slithery rocks
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Here, the character is named Herr Knock and embodied with slithery possession by Simon McBurney.
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Wesley Morris, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Here, Count Orlick (an utterly transformed and unrecognizable Bill Skarsgard), is anything but a looker, a towering slithery freak with long, icicle-like talons as thick as a rump roast, whose Romanian accent is saddled with Darth Vader-like breathing issues.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
Her husband has now put chicken wire across the vent to prevent any more slithery visitors from entering their home.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
As originally voiced by Jeremy Irons, Scar had a sinewy, slithery flamboyance that turned him into an unlikely gay icon.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
Advertisement Then, the Bulldogs’ defense forced a huge turnover by King after struggling to contain the slithery quarterback most of the game.
—Paul Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
The slithery one all but drags Emperor Javicco Corrino (Mark Strong) and his family into a murderous game of power that leads to a reckoning with the sisterhood.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
In May 2023, Salgado’s class worked hard to earn the privilege of having a classroom pet that wasn’t a slithery snake.
—Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2024
Just ask the legion of citizen scientists watching a live stream of these slithery creatures and reporting their behaviors.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2024
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Wesley Morris, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Here, Count Orlick (an utterly transformed and unrecognizable Bill Skarsgard), is anything but a looker, a towering slithery freak with long, icicle-like talons as thick as a rump roast, whose Romanian accent is saddled with Darth Vader-like breathing issues.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
Her husband has now put chicken wire across the vent to prevent any more slithery visitors from entering their home.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
As originally voiced by Jeremy Irons, Scar had a sinewy, slithery flamboyance that turned him into an unlikely gay icon.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
Advertisement Then, the Bulldogs’ defense forced a huge turnover by King after struggling to contain the slithery quarterback most of the game.
—Paul Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
The slithery one all but drags Emperor Javicco Corrino (Mark Strong) and his family into a murderous game of power that leads to a reckoning with the sisterhood.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
In May 2023, Salgado’s class worked hard to earn the privilege of having a classroom pet that wasn’t a slithery snake.
—Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2024
Just ask the legion of citizen scientists watching a live stream of these slithery creatures and reporting their behaviors.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2024
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“Slithery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slithery. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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slithery
adjective
slith·ery
ˈslit͟h-ə-rē 
: having a slippery surface, texture, or quality
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