different between slippy vs skippy

English

From slip +? -y. Compare Old English slipi? (“slippy, slimy, viscid”).

slippy (comparative slippier, superlative slippiest)

(slightly informal) Slippery.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13
  It was darker now and there were stones and bits of wood on the strand and slippy seaweed.
(dialect, dated) Spry, nimble.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 5
  Well, come on then, let's look slippy.

skip +? -y

skippy (comparative skippier, superlative skippiest)

Characterised by skipping movements.
Of music: having an upbeat rhythm, suitable to skip to. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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