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Definition of Slipperiness
1. Noun. A slippery smoothness. "He could feel the slickness of the tiller"
Generic synonyms: Smoothness
Derivative terms: Slick, Slick, Slick, Slick, Slippy, Slippery
2. Noun. The quality of being a slippery rascal.
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
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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