slippery 音标拼音: [sl'ɪpɚi] [sl'ɪpri]
a . 滑的,光滑的,靠不住的,圆滑的,不稳固的,含糊的
滑的,光滑的,靠不住的,圆滑的,不稳固的,含糊的
slippery adj 1 :
causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide ;
"
slippery sidewalks "; "
a slippery bar of soap "; "
the streets are still slippy from the rain " [
synonym : {
slippery },
{
slippy }] [
ant : {
nonslippery }]
2 :
not to be trusted ; "
how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is "-
James Agee [
synonym : {
slippery }, {
tricky }]
Slippery \
Slip "
per *
y \,
a . [
See {
Slipper },
a .]
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 .
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2 .
Not affording firm ground for confidence ;
as ,
a slippery promise .
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The slippery tops of human state . --
Cowley .
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3 .
Not easily held ;
liable or apt to slip away .
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The slippery god will try to loose his hold .
--
Dryden .
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4 .
Liable to slip ;
not standing firm . --
Shak .
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5 .
Unstable ;
changeable ;
mutable ;
uncertain ;
inconstant ;
fickle . "
The slippery state of kings ." --
Denham .
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6 .
Uncertain in effect . --
L '
Estrange .
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7 .
Wanton ;
unchaste ;
loose in morals . --
Shak .
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{
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 .
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186 Moby Thesaurus words for "
slippery ":
Machiavellian ,
Machiavellic ,
acute ,
adipose ,
ambidextrous ,
amoral ,
arch ,
artful ,
astute ,
blubbery ,
buttery ,
butyraceous ,
cagey ,
calculating ,
canny ,
changeable ,
chiseling ,
chrismal ,
chrismatory ,
clever ,
collusive ,
conscienceless ,
corrupt ,
corrupted ,
covinous ,
crafty ,
criminal ,
critical ,
crooked ,
cunning ,
cute ,
dangerous ,
dark ,
deceitful ,
deep ,
deep -
laid ,
delicate ,
designing ,
desultory ,
devious ,
diplomatic ,
dishonest ,
dishonorable ,
disloyal ,
double ,
double -
dealing ,
doubtful ,
dubious ,
elusive ,
elusory ,
evasive ,
faithless ,
false ,
falsehearted ,
fat ,
fatty ,
feline ,
felonious ,
finagling ,
fishy ,
foxy ,
fraudulent ,
furtive ,
glassy ,
greased ,
greasy ,
guileful ,
hazardous ,
icy ,
ill -
got ,
ill -
gotten ,
immoral ,
inconstant ,
indirect ,
infirm ,
ingenious ,
insecure ,
insidious ,
insubstantial ,
inventive ,
knowing ,
lardaceous ,
lardy ,
lubric ,
lubricated ,
lubricious ,
malingering ,
mucoid ,
not kosher ,
oiled ,
oily ,
oleaginous ,
oleic ,
on slippery ground ,
on thin ice ,
pawky ,
perfidious ,
perilous ,
politic ,
precarious ,
provisional ,
questionable ,
ready ,
reptilian ,
resourceful ,
rich ,
risky ,
rotten ,
scheming ,
sebaceous ,
serpentine ,
shady ,
shaky ,
shameless ,
sharp ,
shifting ,
shifty ,
shirking ,
shrewd ,
sinister ,
sleek ,
slick ,
sliddery ,
slimy ,
slipper ,
slippy ,
slithery ,
sly ,
smooth ,
snaky ,
sneaky ,
soaped ,
soapy ,
sophistical ,
stealthy ,
strategic ,
subtile ,
subtle ,
suety ,
supple ,
surreptitious ,
suspicious ,
tactical ,
tallowy ,
temporary ,
tentative ,
ticklish ,
touch -
and -
go ,
touchy ,
treacherous ,
trickish ,
tricksy ,
tricky ,
two -
faced ,
uncertain ,
unconscienced ,
unconscientious ,
unconscionable ,
unctuous ,
undependable ,
underhand ,
underhanded ,
unethical ,
unfaithworthy ,
unguent ,
unguentary ,
unguentous ,
unprincipled ,
unreliable ,
unsavory ,
unscrupulous ,
unsolid ,
unsound ,
unstable ,
unsteadfast ,
unsteady ,
unstraightforward ,
unsubstantial ,
unsure ,
untrustworthy ,
variable ,
vulpine ,
wary ,
wily ,
without remorse ,
without shame
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