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slinky /ˈslɪŋki /adjective (slinkier, slinkiest) informal1(Of a garment) fitting closely to the lines of the body: a slinky black evening dress...- Fabrics offer luxurious style in rich velvets, sheer chiffon, shiny satin and slinky jerseys.
- I looked in my closet and found a black slinky dress.
- The black slinky dress hugged her curves and emphasized her generous bosom.
Synonyms tight, clinging, tight-fitting, close-fitting, figure-hugging, skintight, sheath-like; sexy informal sprayed on 1.1Graceful and sinuous or seductive in movement: slinky models sashayed down the catwalk...- The slinky waves, graceful and sinuous in movement, invite fishermen to reactivate their fishing nets and venture into the swirling waters.
- He is beautifully made with graceful horns, a slinky, prism-like tail, and playful, though mocking and feral, eyes.
- I mean, how could a record be so irresistibly slinky and seductive?
Synonyms sinuous, feline, willowy, graceful, sleek Derivatives slinkily /ˈslɪŋkɪli/ adverb ...- Above all, it was the slinkily emerging blues finale to Act I (the singers seizing a standard lamp as though it were a microphone) that confronted us with Tippett's nerve-tingling operatic genius.
- Chocolate responds to the warmth of your mouth and each fondle of your tongue; softly, slinkily and slowly it melts.
- The dialogueless scenario refuses to jell, and is performed somewhat unconvincingly, except when the performer slinkily dances.
slinkiness /ˈslɪŋkɪnəs/ noun ...- Mid-tempo rockers dominate an album-long driving rhythm that feeds off slinkiness more than solid pounding.
- Their typical slinkiness was as conspicuous as an uncloaked ghost floating over the Arc de Triomphe.
- The slinkiness made it cool. Other than that, the new film is at a slow pace.
Rhymes dinky, Helsinki, inky, Kinki, kinky, minke, pinkie, pinky, stinky, stotinki |