Definition of Slipperiness

1. Noun. A slippery smoothness. "He could feel the slickness of the tiller"

Exact synonyms: Slick, Slickness, Slip
Generic synonyms: Smoothness
Derivative terms: Slick, Slick, Slick, Slick, Slippy, Slippery

2. Noun. The quality of being a slippery rascal.
Exact synonyms: Rascality, Shiftiness, Trickiness
Generic synonyms: Dishonesty
Derivative terms: Shifty, Slippery, Tricky, Tricky

Definition of Slipperiness

1. n. The quality of being slippery.

Definition of Slipperiness

1. Noun. The property of being slippery. ¹

2. Noun. The result or product of being slippery. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slipperiness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Slipperiness

slipped tendon
slipped tendon disease
slipper
slipper-orchid
slipper animalcule
slipper chair
slipper lobster
slipper lobsters
slipper orchid
slipper plant
slipper spurge
slippered
slipperier
slipperiest
slipperily
slipperiness (current term)
slipperinesses
slippering
slipperings
slipperless
slipperlike
slipperness
slippers
slipperwort
slipperworts
slippery
slippery as an eel
slippery elm
slippery jack

Literary usage of Slipperiness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Highway Engineers' Handbook by Arthur Horace Blanchard (1919)
"slipperiness One of the great objections to wood pavement is its ... In New York City, however, slipperiness on wood pavements is very observable. ..."

2. Papers on Mechanical and Physical Subjects by Osborne Reynolds, Arthur William Brightmore, William Henry Moorby (1901)
"ON THE slipperiness OF ICE. [From the Forty-third Volume of the " Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1904)
"Note on the slipperiness of Ice. By S. SKINNER, MA, Christ's College. ... Both authors attribute the slipperiness of ice to the presence of a layer of ..."

4. The Prose of Edward Rowland Sill: With an Introduction Comprising Some by Edward Rowland Sill (1900)
"... slipperiness OF CERTAIN WORDS NEXT to the pleasure of finding ourselves different from people in general with regard to great matters is the pleasure of ..."

5. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"slipperiness ; from the preceding. A further proof, if any were -wanting, that slipper was an original term. ..."

6. A Treatise on the Law of Torts: Or the Wrongs which Arise Independently of by Thomas McIntyre Cooley, John Lewis (1907)
"8 But in Connecticut and Vermont the contrary doctrine is maintained.6" And this is the general rule.70 As a general rule mere slipperiness due to snow and ..."

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