gliddery

English

Etymology

Compare glide.

Adjective

gliddery (comparative more gliddery, superlative most gliddery)

1. (UK, archaic) slippery; smooth.
   • 1864, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Clara Vaughan:

     Shingle, slates, and gliddery stones.

   • 1908, Henry van Dyke Jr., Out-of-Doors in The Holy Land:

     […] at last we bump alongside the little quay, and climb out on the wet, gliddery stones.

Synonyms

• glidder

References

• “gliddery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.