slippery[adjective]Synonyms:- smooth, glassy, greasy, icy, slippy
(informal or dialect), unsafe
- devious, crafty, cunning, dishonest, evasive, shifty, tricky, untrustworthy
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slip‧per‧y /ˈslɪp
əri/
adjective [
Word Family: noun:
slip,
slipper,
slippage,
slipperiness;
verb:
slip;
adjective:
slippery]
[
Date: 1500-1600;
Origin: slipper 'slippery' (11-19 centuries), from Old English slipor]
1. something that is slippery is difficult to hold, walk on etc because it is wet or
greasy:
In places, the path can be wet and slippery. Harry’s palms were slippery with sweat.2. informal someone who is slippery cannot be trusted:
Martin is a slippery customer (=someone you should not trust) so be careful what you say to him.3. not having one clear meaning and able to be understood in different ways:
the slippery notion of ‘standards’4. (be on) a/the slippery slope British English informal used to talk about a process or habit that is difficult to stop and which will develop into something extremely bad
(be on) a/the slippery slope to/towards He is on the slippery slope to a life of crime.—slipperiness noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲