slipperier
1slipperier — slip·per·y || slɪpÉ™rɪ adj. causing or tending to cause slipping; smooth, tending to slip; tending to escape; unstable or delicate; shifty, cunning …
2slippery — adjective (slipperier; est) Etymology: alteration of Middle English slipper Date: circa 1500 1. a. causing or tending to cause something to slide or fall < slippery roads > b. tending to slip from the grasp < a slippery fish > 2 …
3slippery — slipperiness, n. /slip euh ree, slip ree/, adj., slipperier, slipperiest. 1. tending or liable to cause slipping 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 …
4slippery — adjective (slipperier, slipperiest) 1》 difficult to hold firmly or stand on through being smooth, wet, or slimy. 2》 (of a person) evasive and unpredictable. ↘(of a word or concept) changing in meaning according to context or point of view.… …
5slippery — UK [ˈslɪpərɪ] / US [ˈslɪp(ə)rɪ] adjective Word forms slippery : adjective slippery comparative slipperier superlative slipperiest 1) a slippery surface, object etc is difficult to move on or to hold because it is smooth, wet, or covered in… …
6slippery — /ˈslɪpəri / (say slipuhree), /ˈslɪpri / (say slipree) adjective (slipperier, slipperiest) 1. tending to cause slipping or sliding, as ground, surfaces, things, etc. 2. tending to slip from the hold or grasp or from position: a slippery rope. 3.… …
7slippery — [slip′ər ē, slip′rē] adj. slipperier, slipperiest [altered < ME sliper, slippery < OE slipor, akin to MHG slupferic: for IE base see SLIP1] 1. causing or liable to cause sliding or slipping, as a wet, waxed, or greasy surface 2. tending to… …
