Slippery

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Causing or tending to cause sliding or slipping: a slippery sidewalk.
  • adj. Tending to slip, as from one's grasp: a slippery bar of soap.
  • adj. Not trustworthy; elusive or tricky: "How extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is” ( James Agee).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. 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.
  • adj. Evasive; difficult to pin down.
  • adj. Liable to slip; not standing firm.
  • adj. unstable; changeable; inconstant
  • adj. wanton; unchaste; loose in morals
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib.
  • adj. Not affording firm ground for confidence.
  • adj. Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.
  • adj. Liable to slip; not standing firm.
  • adj. Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle.
  • adj. Uncertain in effect.
  • adj. Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having such smoothness of surface as to cause slipping or sliding, or to render grip or hold difficult; not affording firm footing or secure hold.
  • Hence That cannot be depended on or trusted; uncertain; untrustworthy; apt to play one false; dishonest: as, he is a slippery person to deal with; slippery politicians.
  • Liable to slip or lose footing.
  • Unstable; changeable; mutable.
  • Lubric; wanton; unchaste.
  • Crafty; sly.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. not to be trusted
  • adj. causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
  • Equivalent
    untrustworthy    untrusty    slimed    slick    lubricious    sliding    nonstick    slipping    slimy    slithering   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    smooth    glib    unstable    changeable    mutable    uncertain    inconstant    fickle    wanton    unchaste   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    slick    wet    slimy    steep    muddy    uneven    sticky    moist    treacherous    dirty