Definition of slippery

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Slippery (a.) 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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Slippery :: Slippery (a.) Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle.
Lubrical :: Lubrical (a.) Having a smooth surface; slippery.
Slipperily :: Slipperily (adv.) In a slippery manner.
Elm :: Elm (n.) A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much used as a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is Ulmus campestris; the common American or white elm is U. Americana; the slippery or red elm, U. fulva..
Slippery :: Slippery (a.) Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.
Slippery :: Slippery (a.) Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise..
Butterfish :: Butterfish (n.) A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand..
Slabbery :: Slabbery (a.) Like, or covered with, slabber or slab; slippery; sloppy..
Slipperiness :: Slipperiness (n.) The quality of being slippery.
Slipper :: Slipper (a.) Slippery.
Lubricate :: Lubricate (v. t.) To make smooth or slippery; as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied..
Glib :: Glib (superl.) Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib..
Slippery :: Slippery (a.) 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..
Slibber :: Slibber (a.) Slippery.
Butter-fingered :: Butter-fingered (a.) Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless..
Slippery :: Slippery (a.) Uncertain in effect.
Sliddery :: Sliddery (v. t.) Slippery.
Slippery :: Slippery (a.) Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.
Tickle-footed :: Tickle-footed (a.) Uncertain; inconstant; slippery.
Slippery :: Slippery (a.) Liable to slip; not standing firm.
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