slippery
adjective
slip·pery
ˈsli-p(ə-)rē 
slipperier; slipperiest
1
a
: causing or tending to cause something to slide or fall
slippery roads
b
: tending to slip from the grasp
a slippery fish
3
: not to be trusted : tricky
slipperiness
noun
Examples of slippery in a Sentence
The trails were muddy and slippery.
Fish are slippery to hold.
The sign cautions: “Slippery when wet.”
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Tubing or alpine coaster in Snowmass As anyone who has ever been on a slippery plastic object speeding downhill with zero control can attest, tubing gets one’s heart racing.
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Shauna Farnell, The Denver Post, 29 Jan. 2025
Gervais is a hoot, going broad with his slippery antagonist’s freewheeling nonsense.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 29 Jan. 2025
This fast-moving storm is expected to bring rapid changes in visibility, slippery travel conditions and bursts of snow accumulation.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
The heavy snowfall is over, but the cold is sticking around and keeping slippery conditions in place.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
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Shauna Farnell, The Denver Post, 29 Jan. 2025
Gervais is a hoot, going broad with his slippery antagonist’s freewheeling nonsense.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 29 Jan. 2025
This fast-moving storm is expected to bring rapid changes in visibility, slippery travel conditions and bursts of snow accumulation.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
The heavy snowfall is over, but the cold is sticking around and keeping slippery conditions in place.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Slippery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slippery. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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slippery
adjective
slip·pery
ˈslip-(ə-)rē
slipperier; slipperiest
1
: having a surface smooth enough to cause one to slide or lose one's hold
slipperiness
noun
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