Meanings
comparative more slithersome · superlative most slithersome
- Characterised or marked by slithering
“Nay, this was a different sound, low and slithersome. As if a heavy tail was dragging through the brush.”
2012, Laurie Halse Anderson, Forge1 more example
It is another to encourage the liberties of a slithersome coof like de Gredin.” “Slithersome coof?” “Aye, and when you say I've no right to speak, recall that you invited my concern on Roslin's ramparts when you confided in a man who was no more to you than a voice in the darkness.”
2008, Amanda Scott, Knight's Treasure
Origin
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slithersome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slithersome
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