SLIPPERY
\slˈɪpəɹi], \slˈɪpəɹi], \s_l_ˈɪ_p_ə_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of SLIPPERY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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being such as to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain"
By Princeton University
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being such as to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.
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Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.
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Liable to slip; not standing firm.
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Uncertain in effect.
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Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.
By Oddity Software
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Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.
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Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.
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Liable to slip; not standing firm.
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Uncertain in effect.
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Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
