slipperiness

slip·per·y  (slp-r)

adj. slip·per·i·er, slip·per·i·est

1. Causing or tending to cause sliding or slipping: a slippery sidewalk.

2. Tending to slip, as from one's grasp: a slippery bar of soap.

3. Not trustworthy; elusive or tricky: "How extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is" (James Agee).

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[Alteration of obsolete slipper, from Middle English, from Old English slipor; see lei- in Indo-European roots.]

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slipper·i·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	slipperiness - a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller" slick, slickness, slip smoothness - a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch; "admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs"; "some artists prefer the smoothness of a board"
	2.	slipperiness - the quality of being a slippery rascal shiftiness, trickiness, rascality dishonesty - the quality of being dishonest

Translations

slipperiness

n

→ Schlüpfrigkeit f; (of rope, road, ground, shoes) → Glätte f; (of fish, mud) → Glitschigkeit f

(pej inf, of person) → Glätte f, → aalglatte Art