Antonyms for slippery

Grammar : Adj

Spell : slip-uh-ree, slip-ree

Phonetic Transcription : ˈslɪp ə ri, ˈslɪp ri

Definition of slippery

Origin : "having a slippery surface," c.1500, from Middle English sliper (adj.) "readily slipping," from Old English slipor "slippery, having a smooth surface" (see slip (v.)) + -y (2). Metaphoric sense of "deceitful, untrustworthy" is first recorded 1550s. Related: Slipperiness. In a figurative sense, slippery slope is first attested 1844. Slippery elm (1748) so called for its mucilaginous inner bark.

adj smooth, slick
adj uncertain, unreliable

Example sentences :

In one or two spots the water ran over, and those spots were slippery.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

The door was piled with bodies, and the stone floor was slippery with blood.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

It was about ten o'clock—rainin' hard and bad goin', it was that slippery.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

Then he sprang upon the slippery rock and snatched the gold.
Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin

I should have believed so, if my hand which had clutched that other hand, had not been slippery with oil.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

I thought I had never handled rails so heavy and slippery in my life.
Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable

She took him up gingerly, but dropped him again—he was so slippery and damp!
Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell

We went down the slippery oak-staircase, and out into the quiet street.
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

Nothin' much on any of them, except this slippery wop, Tony Costello.
Extract from : « The Einstein See-Saw » by Miles John Breuer

He clawed with his hands, but the planks was slippery, and he slid astern fast.
Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for slippery

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