'Slippery' definitions:
Definition of 'slippery'
From: WordNet
adjective
Causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain" [syn: slippery, slippy] [ant: nonslippery]
adjective
Not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee [syn: slippery, tricky]
Definition of 'Slippery'
From: GCIDE
- Slippery \Slip"per*y\, a. [See Slipper, a.]
- 1. Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise. [1913 Webster]
- The slippery tops of human state. --Cowley. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away. [1913 Webster]
- The slippery god will try to loose his hold. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Liable to slip; not standing firm. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle. "The slippery state of kings." --Denham. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Uncertain in effect. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Slippery elm. (Bot.) (a) An American tree (Ulmus fulva) with a mucilagenous and slightly aromatic inner bark which is sometimes used medicinally; also, the inner bark itself. (b) A malvaceous shrub (Fremontia Californica); -- so called on the Pacific coast. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'slippery'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute,
- adipose,
- ambidextrous,
- amoral,
- arch,
- artful,
- astute,
- blubbery,
- buttery,
- butyraceous,
- cagey,
- calculating,
- canny,
- changeable,
- chiseling,
- chrismal,
- chrismatory,
- clever,
- collusive,
- conscienceless,
- corrupt,
- corrupted,
- covinous,
- crafty,
- criminal,
- critical,
- crooked,
- cunning,
- cute,
- dangerous,
- dark,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- delicate,
- designing,
- desultory,
- devious,
- diplomatic,
- dishonest,
- dishonorable,
- disloyal,
- double,
- double-dealing,
- doubtful,
- dubious,
- elusive,
- elusory,
- evasive,
- faithless,
- false,
- falsehearted,
- fat,
- fatty,
- feline,
- felonious,
- finagling,
- fishy,
- foxy,
- fraudulent,
- furtive,
- glassy,
- greased,
- greasy,
- guileful,
- hazardous,
- icy,
- ill-got,
- ill-gotten,
- immoral,
- inconstant,
- indirect,
- infirm,
- ingenious,
- insecure,
- insidious,
- insubstantial,
- inventive,
- knowing,
- lardaceous,
- lardy,
- lubric,
- lubricated,
- lubricious,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- malingering,
- mucoid,
- not kosher,
- oiled,
- oily,
- oleaginous,
- oleic,
- on slippery ground,
- on thin ice,
- pawky,
- perfidious,
- perilous,
- politic,
- precarious,
- provisional,
- questionable,
- ready,
- reptilian,
- resourceful,
- rich,
- risky,
- rotten,
- scheming,
- sebaceous,
- serpentine,
- shady,
- shaky,
- shameless,
- sharp,
- shifting,
- shifty,
- shirking,
- shrewd,
- sinister,
- sleek,
- slick,
- sliddery,
- slimy,
- slipper,
- slippy,
- slithery,
- sly,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaky,
- soaped,
- soapy,
- sophistical,
- stealthy,
- strategic,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- suety,
- supple,
- surreptitious,
- suspicious,
- tactical,
- tallowy,
- temporary,
- tentative,
- ticklish,
- touch-and-go,
- touchy,
- treacherous,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- two-faced,
- uncertain,
- unconscienced,
- unconscientious,
- unconscionable,
- unctuous,
- undependable,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- unethical,
- unfaithworthy,
- unguent,
- unguentary,
- unguentous,
- unprincipled,
- unreliable,
- unsavory,
- unscrupulous,
- unsolid,
- unsound,
- unstable,
- unsteadfast,
- unsteady,
- unstraightforward,
- unsubstantial,
- unsure,
- untrustworthy,
- variable,
- vulpine,
- wary,
- wily,
- without remorse,
- without shame