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1. (adj.) slippery
tending or liable to cause slipping or sliding, as ice, oil, or a wet surface:
a slippery road.
2. slippery
tending to slip from the hold or grasp or from position:
a slippery rope.
3. slippery
likely to slip away or escape:
slippery prospects.
4. slippery
not to be depended on; tricky or deceitful.
5. slippery
unstable or insecure, as conditions:
a slippery situation.
Etymology: (1525–35)
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| Definition of 'slippery' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) slippery, slippy
causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
"slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain"
2. (adj) slippery, tricky
not to be trusted
"how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee
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1. (adjective) slippery
making it easy to slip or slide
The wet roads were slippery.; slippery mud
2. slippery
dishonest
a slippery character
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| Definition of 'slippery' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) slippery
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
2. (adj) slippery
not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise
3. (adj) slippery
not easily held; liable or apt to slip away
4. (adj) slippery
liable to slip; not standing firm
5. (adj) slippery
unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle
6. (adj) slippery
uncertain in effect
7. (adj) slippery
wanton; unchaste; loose in morals
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Sense: so smooth as to cause slipping
The path is slippery; – watch out!
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 Afrikaans: glibberig |
 Arabic: زَلِق |
 Bulgarian: хлъзгав |
 Brazilian: escorregadio |
 Czech: kluzký |
 German: glatt |
 Danish: glat |
 Greek: γλιστερός |
 Spanish: resbaladizo, resbaloso |
 Estonian: libe |
 Farsi: لغزنده |
 Finnish: liukas |
 French: glissant |
 Hebrew: חֲלַקלַק |
 Hindi: फिसलन भरा |
 Croatian: slizak, klizak |
 Hungarian: csúszós |
 Indonesian: licin |
 Icelandic: sleipur |
 Italian: scivoloso |
 Japanese: すべりやすい |
 Korean: 미끄러운 |
 Lithuanian: slidus |
 Latvian: slidens |
 Malay: licin |
 Dutch: glad |
 Norwegian: glatt, sleip |
 Polish: śliski |
 Persian: لغزنده |
 Pashto: ښوينده، ښوى: چالباز، چمبا |
 Portuguese: escorregadio |
 Romanian: alunecos |
 Russian: скользкий |
 Slovak: klzký, šmykľavý |
 Slovenian: spolzek |
 Serbian: klizav |
 Swedish: hal, glatt |
 Thai: ลื่น |
 Turkish: kaygan |
 Taiwanese: 滑的 |
 Ukrainian: слизький |
 Urdu: پھسل جانے والا |
 Vietnamese: trơn, khó nắm giữ |
 Chinese: 滑的 |
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