eely

/ˈili/
adjective
  1. Resembling or characteristic of an eel, especially in being slippery, wriggly, or hard to catch or hold.
    • The wet bar of soap was so eely that I dropped it twice.
    • The fish felt eely and slipped right out of my hands.
    • His eely movements made him hard to tackle in the game.
  2. Difficult to pin down or grasp; evasive or shifty.
    • Her eely logic kept changing, so no one could argue with her.
    • He had an eely way of escaping blame for his mistakes.
    • The politician gave an eely answer that avoided the real question.
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