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slippery

[ slip-uh-ree, slip-ree ]

adjective

slipperier, slipperiest.
  1. tending or liable to cause slipping slip or sliding, as ice, oil, a wet surface, etc.:

    a slippery road.

  2. tending to slip from the hold or grasp or from position:

    a slippery rope.

  3. likely to slip away or escape:

    slippery prospects.

  4. not to be depended on; fickle; shifty, tricky, or deceitful.
  5. unstable or insecure, as conditions:

    a slippery situation.



slippery

/ -prɪ; ˈslɪpərɪ /

adjective

  1. causing or tending to cause objects to slip

    a slippery road

  2. liable to slip from the grasp, a position, etc
  3. not to be relied upon; cunning and untrustworthy

    a slippery character

  4. (esp of a situation) liable to change; unstable
  5. slippery slope
    a course of action that will lead to disaster or failure
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ, adverb
  • ˈԱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • p··Ա noun
  • ԴDz·p· adjective
  • ܲ·p· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of slippery1

1525–35; alteration of slipper 2; compare Low German slipperig; -y 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of slippery1

C16: probably coined by Coverdale to translate German schlipfferig in Luther's Bible (Psalm 35:6); related to Old English slipor slippery
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It started in the third inning, when a steady drizzle, slippery ball and muddy mound caused Tyler Glasnow to come unglued.

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And I think we all need to, because it's a slippery slope.

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Critics say Canada is an example of the "slippery slope", meaning that once you pass an assisted dying law it will inevitably widen its scope and have fewer safeguards.

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Critics often say that once assisted dying is legalised, over time the safeguards around such laws get eroded as part of a "slippery slope" towards more relaxed criteria.

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This is his secret communication about life under a repressive regime, a message in a bottle about censorship and the slippery power of art.

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