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sleeky
adjective as in lubricious
adjective as in slick
adjective as in slithery
Example Sentences
The lish baby otter Is sleeky and streaming, With catching bright fishes, Ere babies learn dreaming; But no wet little otter Is ever so warm As the fleecy-wrapt baby 'Twixt me and my arm.
No amount of sleeky rhetoric or oil will ever wash the hand of those that facilitated either actively or passively the accomplishment of this inhumane feat.
Our dog took such a liking to this spot that it ran away while we were busy reimbarking, nor did we see it again until we visited this place subsequently with Cortes, when it appeared in excellent condition, quite plump and sleeky.
See, how she cleans her sleeky skin!
But lik' a thief, he didden like the païns O' workèn hard to get en a vew graïns; Zoo while the sleeky rogue wer there a-huntèn, Wi' little luck, vor corns that mid be vound A-peckèn vor, he heärd a pig a-gruntèn Just tother zide o' hedge, in tother ground.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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