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slimy

 adjective
     
slim‧y
1 covered with slime, or wet and slippery like slime:
slimy mud
2 informal friendly in an unpleasant way that does not seem sincere - used to show disapproval:
a slimy politician
—sliminess noun [uncountable]
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