slippery

IPA: sɫˈɪpɝi

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.
  • (figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.
  • (obsolete) Liable to slip; not standing firm.
  • Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
  • (obsolete) Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.
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Examples of "slippery" in Sentences

  • The stage floor was wet and slippery.
  • The edge of shore is rocky and slippery.
  • The slippery slope potentialities are myriad.
  • In addition, the field was frozen and slippery.
  • Cambodia was on the slippery slope to the abyss.
  • The fallacy is similar to the slippery slope argument.
  • The lack of moss actually makes the pipe more slippery.
  • The ball was a slippery leather unlike the American ball.
  • Commas are as slippery as eels and as ineradicable as cockroaches.
  • At the eastern end, the climb to the shore is steep and slippery if wet.

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