aslither

a- +‎ slither

aslither (comparative more aslither, superlative most aslither)

1. Slithering.
   • 1968, John Irving, Setting Free the Bears, New York: Pocket Books, 1979, Part 1, p. 41,

     The gravel was soft and loose in the banks, and we tried to stay near the middle of the road; our rear wheel moved us all aslither, and we rode with our weight off the seat, pushed forward on the foot pedals.

   • 1982, Marina Warner, The Skating Party, New York: Atheneum, 1983, Part 1, Chapter 11, p. 92,

     One of these big boys came up to me, aslither, on his feet, no skates.

2. Covered (with or in something slithering or slippery).
   • 1976, Angela Carter, “The Donnie Ferrets” in Nothing Sacred, London: Virago, 1982, p. 68,

     Under the vaulted architraves [of the fish and poultry market], the white marble slabs all aslither with hunks and fillets remind you why they used to call it ‘wet fish’.

   • 1984, Henry Carlisle, The Jonah Man, Penguin, 1985, Part 2, Chapter 3, p. 77,

     Through February and March our try-pots boiled and the decks were aslither with oil.

   • 1985, Martin Collins, “Tour de la Vanoise” in Walt Unsworth (ed.), Classic Walks of the World, The Oxford Illustrated Press, p. 44,

     If the weather has been warm, this can prove a tiresome stretch, aslither in snow with the consistency of porridge.