Antonyms for slick

Grammar : Adj

Spell : slik

Phonetic Transcription : slɪk

Definition of slick

Origin : Old English -slician (in nigslicod "newly made sleek"), from Proto-Germanic *slikojan, from base *slikaz (cf. Old Norse slikr "smooth," Old High German slihhan "to glide," German schleichen "to creep, crawl, sneak," Dutch slijk "mud, mire"), from PIE *sleig- "to smooth, glide, be muddy," from root *(s)lei- "slimy" (see slime (n.)). Related: Slicked; slicking.

adj smooth, polished
adj smart, clever

Example sentences :

And can you tie up a bundle quick and slick and make it look neat?
Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger

But that minnit I seen an arm shoot out and that fellow shot off as slick!
Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet

She' always up to somethin' to make a dollar, and she's as slick a talker as ever was, I guess.
Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

What the Queen wanted most at the moment was to be quick and slick in getting off.
Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham

“Slick” was a word which she had recently learned from Smith.
Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham

Too late to stop, he saw a slick of green slime on the floor.
Extract from : « When the Sleepers Woke » by Arthur Leo Zagat

Say, it was a slick game of talk that Sadie handed out then, for she was playin' for time.
Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford

And everything else was jes as slick and smooth as if she was slidin' off the stocks.
Extract from : « John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein » by Frank R. Stockton

And I knew what he was—some Chinese blood in him, and the name o' being a slick one.
Extract from : « Sonnie-Boy's People » by James B. Connolly

He was comfortable in his own little cottage, but it seemed too small and too "slick" for him.
Extract from : « A Daughter of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland

Synonyms for slick

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