"slidey" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈslaɪdi/ Forms: more slidey [comparative], most slidey [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪdi Etymology: From slide + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|slide|y}} slide + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} slidey (comparative more slidey, superlative most slidey)
  1. (informal) Tending to slide or cause sliding; slippery. Tags: informal
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          "ref": "1998, Charles Rosen, Barney Polan's game: a novel of the 1951 college basketball scandals, page 58:",
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          "text": "Tunes with titles like “Mazurka Maracaibo” shimmer with countless plucked strings. Mr. Brozman deploys everything from the small Bolivian charango to a Finnish harp called the kantele, while there’s usually something slidey to carry the melody.",
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