What's the difference between catlike and slinky?

Catlike


Definition:

  • (a.) Like a cat; stealthily; noiselessly.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) An underweight male newborn revealed a complex pattern of abnormal findings including severe neurologic dysfunction, a catlike cry, defective ossification of the calvarian bones, hypertelorism, downward slanting palpebral fissures, epicanthal folds, a short and flat nose with a flattened bridge, broad thumbs, clenched fingers 3--5 on the right hand, simian creases, a congenital heart defect, internal hydrocephalus, and bilateral hydronephrosis.
  • (2) Clinical symptoms were catlike cry in early infancy, severe mental and motor retardation, failure to thrive, hypertelorism, antimongoloid slant of the eyes, ptosis of the eyelids, epicanthus, micrognathia, dermatoglyphics abnormalities, and partial syndactyly between 2nd and 3rd toes.
  • (3) The basic medical disorder includes dysmorphic facies, mental retardation, and a striking catlike cry in infancy.
  • (4) Clinically, this infant had a shrill catlike cry and facies of the cri du chat syndrome.
  • (5) I would try to steer clear of him, but, catlike, he would suddenly reappear, and disarm me with some Delmore Schwartz line about love or courage.

Slinky


Definition:

  • (a.) Thin; lank.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He is masculine but defiantly anti-macho, and his unpanicked air of sexual fluidity has lent itself to a run of gay gangsters: he was Richard Burton's bit of rough in Villain , a carnally carnivorous mob boss in Sexy Beast , and a slinky, elegant hood in 44 Inch Chest .
  • (2) All three of the city's branches of the Strenesse fashion chain, stockists of official Nationalmannschaft clobber, have run out of the slinky kashmir number (just €299 to you), and there's now a waiting list, but new stocks aren't expected until August."
  • (3) It looked fluid and slinky, but like you could really fight and run in it, and not worry too much about blood stains either.
  • (4) Léa Seydoux’s Madeleine Swann has links to Bond’s past A newly published synopsis reveals the slinky Bond girl, who appears to be a bit French in one scene but distinctly English the next, is the daughter of Jesper Christensen’s Mr White.
  • (5) (10) Including the Rich Kids, Hot Club, Dead Men Walking, the Flying Padovanis, Slinky Vagabond, the Mavericks, the Philistines and, most recently, International Swingers .
  • (6) First, there are the Barbie dolls: the women who wear metallic heels, skinny jeans (white or pale or dark blue), a slinky top, full makeup, enormous Chanel bag, full blow dry, every single day.
  • (7) It adds: “Slinky brunette Liz, or Elizabeth Louise, to give her full royal-sounding Christian names, looks as good in them as slinky brunette Kate.
  • (8) The Following star, who took the lead role of Ren McCormack in the original 1984 film, shows he's still got what it takes when it comes to some slinky moves.
  • (9) To mark the new programme, which goes out between 11am and 1pm, there are some jazzy, slinky jingles and a revised acronym for the Togs.
  • (10) Block and spring "slinky dog" models aid in illustrating the physics principles involved.
  • (11) Our bed has gorgeously slinky sheets and blue walls that glow in the brilliant seaside light.
  • (12) It's both slinky and murky: her arrangements are thick with bass and rich with melody, which means her gothy introspection feels luxuriant and immersive rather than mopey.
  • (13) The Mail on Sunday’s profile of leadership candidate Liz Kendall describes her as a “slinky brunette” and a “power-dressing Blairite” with a “lithe figure” who “remains New Labour to the tips of her stilettos”.
  • (14) Updated at 8.28pm BST 8.26pm BST 40 min: A slinky Mata shuffle creates room for a cross ... but Torres strays off side.

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