Word
Slippery
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
slip-per-y
Definition
- a. - 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.
- a. - Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery
promise.
- a. - Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.
- a. - Liable to slip; not standing firm.
- a. - Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant;
fickle.
- a. - Uncertain in effect.
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