| ADJECTIVE | all | slippery, slippy | causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide |
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| all | slippery, tricky | not to be trusted |
| Sounds | slih'periy; slih'priy | |
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| Rhymes | accessory ... worry: 201 rhymes with eriy... | |
| accusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy... | ||
| Meaning | Causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide. | |
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| Examples |
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| Synonym | slippy | |
| Narrower | lubricious | Having a smooth or slippery quality |
| nonstick | (of surfaces especially of cooking utensils) permitting easy removal of adherent food particles | |
| slick | made slick by e.g. ice or grease | |
| sliding | A smooth continuous motion | |
| slimed, slimy | Covered with or resembling slime | |
| slipping, slithering | Moving as on a slippery surface | |
| slithery | Having a slippery surface or quality | |
| See also | smooth | Having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities |
| Opposite | nonslippery | not slippery |
| Spanish | desplazable, escurridizo, resbaladizo, resbaloso | |
| Catalan | relliscós, rellisquent | |
| Nouns | slipperiness | a slippery smoothness |
| Meaning | not to be trusted. | |
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| Example | "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee | |
| Synonym | tricky | |
| Broader | untrustworthy, untrusty | not worthy of trust / trust or belief |
| Spanish | astuto, engañoso, tramposo | |
| Catalan | astut, enganyós, trampós | |
| Nouns | slipperiness | the quality of being a slippery rascal |
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