slickness

slick  (slk)

adj. slick·er, slick·est

1. Smooth, glossy, and slippery: sidewalks slick with ice. See Synonyms at sleek.

2. Deftly executed; adroit: "as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water" (Tallulah Bankhead).

3. Shrewd; wily.

4. Superficially attractive or plausible but lacking depth or soundness: a slick writing style. See Synonyms at glib.

n.

1. A smooth or slippery surface or area.

2.

a. A floating film of oil.

b. A trail of floating material: a garbage slick.

3. An implement used to make a surface slick, especially a chisel used for smoothing and polishing.

4. Informal A magazine, usually of large popular readership, printed on high-quality glossy paper.

5. A racing automobile tire with a smooth tread.

6. Slang An unarmed military aircraft, especially a helicopter.

tr.v. slicked, slick·ing, slicks

1. To make smooth, glossy, or oily.

2. Informal To make neat, trim, or tidy: slicked themselves up for the camera.

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[Middle English slike, from Old English *slice; see lei- in Indo-European roots. V., Middle English sliken, from Late Old English -slcian, -slcian (in ngslcod, freshly smoothed).]

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slickly adv.

slickness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	slickness - verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, trickery deception, misrepresentation, deceit - a misleading falsehood
	2.	slickness - a kind of fluent easy superficiality; "the glibness of a high-pressure salesman" glibness shallowness, superficiality - lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling
	3.	slickness - a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller" slick, slipperiness, 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"

Translations

slickness [ˈslɪknɪs] N

1. (pej) (= superficiality, glibness) → habilidad f, maña f

2. (= skill, efficiency) → habilidad f, destreza f

slickness [ˈslɪknɪs] n (= sophistication, skill) → style m brillant

(= persuasiveness) → façons fpl mielleuses

slickness

n

(often pej: = cleverness) → Gewieftheit f (inf), → Cleverness f (inf); (of performance, style, writing) → Glattheit f; we were impressed by the slickness with which he answered → wir waren davon beeindruckt, wie glatt er antwortete

(of appearance) → geschniegeltes Aussehen