SLIPPERY

slippery

Adjective

  1. Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
    Oily substances render things slippery.
  2. Evasive; difficult to pin down.
    a slippery person
    a slippery promise
  3. Liable to slip; not standing firm.
  4. unstable; changeable; inconstant
  5. wanton; unchaste; loose in morals


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