English

Verb

slithering

1. present participle of slither

Noun

slithering ‎(plural slitherings)

1. The act of one who slithers.
   • 2003, Sarah Kay, ‎Terence Cave, ‎Malcolm Bowie, A Short History of French Literature (page 263)

     Here, Valéry is of the devil's party, and boasts of it throughout a long catalogue of serpentine slitherings and insinuations. To be a snake, the protagonist announces, is to be a thinker, to live by one's wits […]