Synonyms for slippery
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : slip-uh-ree, slip-ree |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈslɪp ə ri, ˈslɪp ri |
Top 10 synonyms for slippery Other synonyms for the word slippery
- cagey
- changeable
- crafty
- cunning
- devious
- dishonest
- duplicitous
- evasive
- false
- fly-by-night
- foxy
- glacé
- glassy
- glazed
- inconstant
- insecure
- like a skating rink
- lubricious
- lustrous
- mutable
- satiny
- sleek
- slimy
- slithery
- sneaky
- soapy
- treacherous
- tricky
- two-faced
- unctuous
- unpredictable
- unsafe
- unstable
- unsteady
- untrustworthy
- variable
- waxy
- wet
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for slippery
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