Antonyms for slickness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : slik |
| Phonetic Transcription : slɪk |
Definition of slickness
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.
- As in craftiness : noun artfulness
- As in foxiness : noun artfulness
- As in sleekness : noun gloss
- As in gloss : noun shine, sheen
- I did him just as well as I knew how, making allowance for the slickness of oils.
- Extract from : « The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition » by Rudyard Kipling
- No English can compass that amount of slickness; so her speech was left crude.
- Extract from : « When Ghost Meets Ghost » by William Frend De Morgan
- For example, in his words: Multiply distances by five, heights by ten, and slickness by twenty.
- Extract from : « A Matter of Proportion » by Anne Walker
Synonyms for slickness
- appearance
- artifice
- brightness
- brilliance
- burnish
- caginess
- canniness
- chicanery
- craftiness
- cunning
- deviousness
- facade
- finish
- foxiness
- front
- glaze
- gleam
- glint
- glossiness
- guile
- luster
- polish
- sheen
- shiftiness
- shimmer
- shine
- shrewdness
- silkiness
- sleekness
- slickness
- slyness
- sneakiness
- surface
- trickery
- trickiness
- varnish
- veneer
- wiliness
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