1. resembling or characteristic of an eel; slippery or slender like an eel
Usage: informal
2. difficult to grasp, pin down, or deal with; evasive
Usage: informal; figurative

Examples

• The eely texture of the fish made it hard to hold.
• His eely movements allowed him to slip through the crowd unnoticed.
• The politician gave an eely response that avoided the real question.
• The river was full of eely creatures darting between the rocks.
• She had an eely way of changing the subject whenever confronted.
• The eely surface of the wet stone was dangerous to walk on.