Adjective

(en adjective)

(informal) Tending to slide or cause sliding; slippery.

* 1998 , Charles Rosen, Barney Polan's game: a novel of the 1951 college basketball scandals (page 58)

I always prefer playing indoors on a soft, bouncy, slidey wood surface because outdoor asphalt courts release the day's heat slowly and the softened tar sucks at the bottoms of your sneakers.

*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 15, author=Jon Pareles, title=Sounds Dire, Droll, Dreamy and on the Edge of Kitsch, work=New York Times citation

, passage=Tunes with titles like “Mazurka Maracaibo” shimmer with countless plucked strings. Mr. Brozman deploys everything from the small Bolivian charango to a Finnish harp called the kantele, while there’s usually something slidey to carry the melody. }}