SLIPPERY


Meaning of SLIPPERY in English

adj uncertain in effect.

2. slippery ·adj liable to slip; not standing firm.

3. slippery ·adj wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.

4. slippery ·adj not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.

5. slippery ·adj unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle.

6. slippery ·adj not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.

7. slippery ·adj 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.

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