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# slippy

adjective (slippy, slippier, slippiest)

«slippy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(informal, UK, Ireland, Australia) Slippery; smooth or wet so that you slide or fall easily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slippy/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and safety, «Careful, it's slippy!» warns about icy paths or wet floors. Phrases: slippy floor, slippy road.

### Examples

- Careful, the floor is slippy! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slippy/#x1)
- The path is slippy with ice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slippy/#x2)
- Wet leaves make the road slippy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slippy/#x3)
- The soap is so slippy I keep dropping it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slippy/#x4)
- My shoes are slippy on the gym floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slippy/#x5)
- It was the slippiest day of winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slippy/#x6)

### Note

Informal; in writing use slippery. Comparative: slippier, slippiest.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «slippy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slippy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«slippy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/slippy.html) on Mova free.