slippery

Speech parts

1. slippery - Adjective

2. slippery - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery.

Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.

Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.

Liable to slip; not standing firm.

Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle.

Uncertain in effect.

Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

slippy tricky slick greasy slimy foxy machiavellian serpentine glazier crooked adipose silken shifty variable smooth
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Antonyms

nonslippery frank sawtooth good certain sound
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Related terms

slip

Phrases with the word

caution - slippery when wet Slippery Sam make slippery as slippery as an eel on slippery ground slippery slide

Examples

slippery sidewalks Source: Internet

a slippery bar of soap Source: Internet

the streets are still slippy from the rain Source: Internet

how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is Source: Internet

Age Friendly South Portland, Cub Scouts Pack 22, and Boy Scouts Troop 23 recently teamed up to build wooden supports for community sand barrels that residents can use to make walkways in their communities less slippery this winter season. Source: Internet

As time goes on, films featuring invisible characters swung back towards exploring the slippery slope of granting people this superpower. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

slipperlike slipperness slipperwort slippery as an eel slippery dick slippery dip