slippery

slippery is a 8-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. 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.
2. adjective. Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.
3. adjective. Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.
4. adjective. Liable to slip; not standing firm.
5. adjective. Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle.
6. adjective. Uncertain in effect.
7. adjective. Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.
8. adjective. causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide

   "slippery sidewalks"

   "a slippery bar of soap"

   Synonyms: slippy

9. adjective. not to be trusted- James Agee

   "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"

   Synonyms: tricky

Synonyms

slippy, tricky

Common word forms

slipperier, slipperily, slipperiest

Words from these letters

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