slippily
/ˈslɪpɪli/
adverb
- In a way that is smooth, wet, or greasy, causing a lack of grip or making it easy to slip.
- The fish slid slippily out of his hands.
- The floor had been mopped slippily, and I almost fell.
- She walked slippily across the icy sidewalk.
- In a way that is difficult to hold or grasp firmly.
- The rope felt slippily coated with mud.
- The wet bar of soap sat slippily in the dish.
- He tried to catch the ball, but it bounced slippily off his fingers.
- In a way that is evasive or hard to pin down (figurative).
- Her memory of the event remained slippily out of reach.
- The politician answered the question slippily, avoiding a direct response.
- The concept was slippily defined, shifting with every new example.