Definitions for slippery
ˈslɪp ə ri, ˈslɪp rislip·pe·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. slippery, slippyadjective

   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. slippery, trickyadjective

   not to be trusted

   "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. slipperyadjective

   Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.

2. slipperyadjective

   Evasive; difficult to pin down.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Slipperyadjective

   Etymology: slipur , Saxon; sliperig, Swedish.

   1. Smooth; glib.

   They trim their feathers, which makes them oily and slippery, that the water slips off. John Mortimer.

   Oily substances only lubricate and make the bowels slippery. Arbuthnot.

   2. Not affording firm footing.

   Did you know the art o’ th’ court,
   As hard to leave as keep; whose top to climb,
   Is certain falling; or so slipp’ry, that
   The fear’s as bad as falling. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   His promise to trust to as slippery as ice. Thomas Tusser.

   Their way shall be as slippery ways in the darkness. Jer. xxiii.

   The slipp’ry tops of human state,
   The gilded pinacles of fate. Abraham Cowley.

   The higher they are raised, the giddier they are; the more slippery is their standing, and the deeper the fall. Roger L'Estrange.

   The highest hill is the most slipp’ry place,
   And fortune mocks us with a smiling face. John Denham.

   Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray;
   Who can tread sure on the smooth slippery way? Dryden.

   3. Hard to hold; hard to keep.

   Thus surely bound, yet be not overbold,
   The slipp’ry god will try to loose his hold;
   And various forms assume, to cheat thy sight,
   And with vain images of beasts affright. John Dryden, Georg.

   4. Not standing firm.

   When they fall, as being slipp’ry standers,
   The love that lean’d on them as slipp’ry too,
   Doth one pluck down another, and together
   Die in the fast. William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida.

   5. Uncertain; changeable; mutable; instable.

   Oh world, thy slippery turns! Friends now fast sworn,
   Whose double bosoms seem to wear one heart,
   Whose hours, whose bed, whose meal and exercise,
   Are still together; who twine, as ’twere, in love
   Unseparable, shall within this hour,
   On a dissension of a doit, break out
   To bitterest enmity. William Shakespeare.

   He looking down
   With scorn or pity on the slippery state
   Of kings, will tread upon the neck of fate. John Denham, Sophy.

   6. Not certain in its effect.

   One sure trick is better than a hundred slippery ones. Roger L'Estrange.

   7. [ Lubrique, French.]Not chaste.

   My wife is slippery. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. slippery

   Slipperiness is when a surface has a low coefficient of friction, allowing objects to glide across the surface. People walking on slippery surfaces are likely to slip or fall. A surface can for example be slippery due to it being wet, or due to it being icy. There are several competing theories about why ice is slippery. Road slipperiness is a major area of road safety, but various means have also been developed to measure walkway and deck slipperiness in order to develop health and safety standards.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Slipperyadjective

   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. Slipperyadjective

   not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise

3. Slipperyadjective

   not easily held; liable or apt to slip away

4. Slipperyadjective

   liable to slip; not standing firm

5. Slipperyadjective

   unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle

6. Slipperyadjective

   uncertain in effect

7. Slipperyadjective

   wanton; unchaste; loose in morals

8. Etymology: [See Slipper, a.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of slippery in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of slippery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of slippery in a Sentence

1. Francis M. Faber Jr,:

   Does a 'greased palm' offer a 'slippery shake'?

2. Mira Calton:

   We sounded the alarm back in 2013 and hoped people would understand what a slippery slope it is to have all of these foods that are genetically modified, obviously, we can't say without a doubt that GMOs are dangerous, but we can say that not enough human studies have been done. We don't want to be the guinea pigs.

3. Mia Love:

   It’s a slippery slope to force somebody to do something on the federal side. There are a lot of people that are really concerned about the vaccine and instead of forcing people to say ‘listen we’re going to force you to do this,’ we need to find out why they’re afraid.

4. Dan Ives:

   It's a slippery slope for Musk.

5. Mike Lange:

   I just wanna see a slippery seal sliding sideways in Sausalito!

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