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What is the difference between slippery and slimy ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between slippery and slimy ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Slippery: 滑りやすい , とてもなめらか. Easy to slip on, very smooth. ("Slippery smooth.")
Slimy: ぬるぬる, スライムらしい Feeling like slime, a slimy texture, "gross."
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Slippery: 滑りやすい , とてもなめらか. Easy to slip on, very smooth. ("Slippery smooth.")
Slimy: ぬるぬる, スライムらしい Feeling like slime, a slimy texture, "gross."

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