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slippery
[slip-uh-ree, slip-ree]
adjective
tending or liable to cause slipping slip or sliding, as ice, oil, a wet surface, etc..
a slippery road.
tending to slip from the hold or grasp or from position.
a slippery rope.
likely to slip away or escape.
slippery prospects.
not to be depended on; fickle; shifty, tricky, or deceitful.
unstable or insecure, as conditions.
a slippery situation.
slippery
/ -prɪ, ˈslɪpərɪ /
adjective
causing or tending to cause objects to slip
a slippery road
liable to slip from the grasp, a position, etc
not to be relied upon; cunning and untrustworthy
a slippery character
(esp of a situation) liable to change; unstable
a course of action that will lead to disaster or failure
Other Word Forms
- slipperiness noun
- nonslippery adjective
- unslippery adjective
- slipperily adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of slippery1
Example Sentences
But Dictionary.com -- which crowned it word of the year -- said it was Generation Alpha's joke on adults who are "once again struggling to make sense of its notoriously slippery slang".
This race had never been wet before, and the combination of water and the already slippery track meant that the extreme tyres were used in both the first two sessions.
In heavy snow, riders can use snow chains on their tyres to improve traction on slippery roads, it says.
The red soil has the nerve to be slippery, making it hard to stop or turn when we need to.
Troika thus has a troika of meanings, which simply proves that words are slippery creatures in every language.
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