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Definition of Slickness
1. Noun. Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.
Generic synonyms: Deceit, Deception, Misrepresentation
Derivative terms: Slick, Trick
2. Noun. A kind of fluent easy superficiality. "The glibness of a high-pressure salesman"
Generic synonyms: Shallowness, Superficiality
Derivative terms: Glib, Glib, Glib, Slick, Slick
3. Noun. A slippery smoothness. "He could feel the slickness of the tiller"
Generic synonyms: Smoothness
Derivative terms: Slick, Slick, Slick, Slick, Slippy, Slippery
Definition of Slickness
1. n. The state or quality of being slick; smoothness; sleekness.
Definition of Slickness
1. Noun. The property of being slick. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slickness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slickness
Literary usage of Slickness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Code of Health and Longevity: Or, A Concise View, of the Principles by John Sinclair (1807)
"For he saith, that wrinkling which befals bodies i^> unlike to slickness: because
if the vapour be concrete, thence is caused slickness, and it putrefies ..."
2. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"I did him just as well as I knew how, making allowance for the slickness of oils.
Then the art-manager of that abandoned paper said that his subscribers ..."
3. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"... slippery slickness. He nearly broke his neck on the slippery staircase treads,
and the Portuguese helped him out with a bag of clear grit made from ..."
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