Definition of Slippery

1. Adjective. Causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide. "The streets are still slippy from the rain"

Exact synonyms: Slippy
Similar to: Lubricious, Nonstick, Slick, Sliding, Slimed, Slimy, Slipping, Slithering, Slithery
Also: Smooth
Antonyms: Nonslippery
Derivative terms: Slipperiness, Slip, Slip

2. Adjective. Not to be trusted. "How extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"
Exact synonyms: Tricky
Similar to: Untrustworthy, Untrusty
Derivative terms: Slipperiness, Trickiness

Definition of Slippery

1. 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.

Definition of Slippery

1. Adjective. Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc. ¹

2. Adjective. (figuratively by extension of a person) Evasive; difficult to pin down. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slippery

1. causing or tending to cause slipping [adj -PERIER, -PERIEST]

Medical Definition of Slippery

1. 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. 5. Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle. "The slippery state of kings." 6. Uncertain in effect. 7. Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals. Slippery elm. An American tree (Ulmus fulva) with a mucilagenous and slightly aromatic inner bark which is sometimes used medicinally; also, the inner bark itself. A malvaceous shrub (Fremontia Californica); so called on the Pacific coast. See: Slipper. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slippery

slipper spurge
slippered
slipperier
slipperiest
slipperily
slipperiness
slipperinesses
slippering
slipperings
slipperless
slipperlike
slipperness
slippers
slipperwort
slipperworts
slippery (current term)
slippery as an eel
slippery elm
slippery jack
slippery jacks
slippery slope
slippery slopes
slippier
slippiest
slippily
slippiness
slipping
slipping patella
slipping rib

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