Thesaurus: slippery

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1. 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.
2. a. Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.
3. a. Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.
4. a. Liable to slip; not standing firm.
5. a. Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle.
6. a. Uncertain in effect.
7. a. Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.
8. adj. causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
9. adj. not to be trusted
10. 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. 2. Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise. The slippery tops of human state. Cowley. 3. Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away. The slippery god will try to loose his hold. Dryden. 4. Liable to slip; not standing firm. Shak. 5. Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle. "The slippery state of kings." Denham. 6. Uncertain in effect. L'Estrange. 7. Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals. Shak. 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.
11. j:100 a. causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide s. not to be trusted