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slippery (adj.)
1.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.not to be trusted"how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is" - James Agee
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Merriam Webster
SlipperySlip"per*y (?), a. [See Slipper, a.]
1. 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. Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.
The slippery tops of human state. Cowley.
3. Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.
The slippery god will try to loose his hold. Dryden.
4. Liable to slip; not standing firm. Shak.
5. Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle. “The slippery state of kings.” Denham.
6. Uncertain in effect. L'Estrange.
7. Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals. Shak.
Slippery elm. (Bot.) (a) An American tree (Ulmus fulva) with a mucilagenous and slightly aromatic inner bark which is sometimes used medicinally; also, the inner bark itself. (b) A malvaceous shrub (Fremontia Californica); -- so called on the Pacific coast.
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Ver también
slippery (adj.)
↘ brightly, clever person, craftily, insidiously, malignly, slyly, trickily, whiz kid, whizz kid, wilily ≠ nonslippery
⇨ Slippery Slope Argument • as slippery as glass • extremely slippery • slippery dick • slippery elm • very slippery
⇨ Muddy Creek (Slippery Rock Creek) • Slippery Jack • Slippery Noodle • Slippery Noodle Inn • Slippery Rock • Slippery Rock Area School District • Slippery Rock Brook • Slippery Rock Creek • Slippery Rock Sliders • Slippery Rock Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania • Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania • Slippery Rock Township, Pennsylvania • Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania • Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania • Slippery Silks • Slippery Slope • Slippery When Ill • Slippery When Wet • Slippery When Wet (song) • Slippery dick • Slippery eight loop • Slippery hitch • Slippery nipple • Slippery rail • Slippery slope • Slippery slope argument • Slippery-slope argument • Slippery-slope theories • The Rocket (Slippery Rock) • The Slippery Slope
slippery (adj.)
malin (fr)[Classe]
slippery (adj.)
qui cause, produit, facilite, entraîne un phénomène ou une action (fr)[Classe...]
glisser (fr)[termes liés]
sideslip, skid, slip - slick, slickness, slip, slipperiness[Dérivé]
nonslippery[Ant.]
slippery (adj.)
untrustworthy, untrusty[Similaire]
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