slippery

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.

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slippery

Adjective

1. liable or tending to cause objects to slip: the road was slippery

2. liable to slip from one's grasp: a bar of slippery soap

3. not to be trusted: slippery politicians

slipperiness n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	slippery - 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" slippy smooth - having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror" nonslippery - not slippery; not likely to slip or skid
	2.	slippery - not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee tricky untrustworthy, untrusty - not worthy of trust or belief; "an untrustworthy person"

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slippery

adjective 1. smooth, icy, greasy, glassy, slippy (informal), (dialect) unsafe, lubricious (rare) skiddy (informal)

adjective 2. untrustworthy, tricky, cunning, false, treacherous, dishonest, devious, crafty, evasive, sneaky, two-faced, shifty, foxy, duplicitous

Translations

slippery [ˈslɪpərɪ] adj → resbaladizo

slippery [ˈslɪpərɪ] adj → glissant(e) (fig) [person] → insaisissable

slippery [ˈslɪpərɪ] adj (lit, fig) → glatt;

(fish etc) → schlüpfrig

slippery [ˈslɪpərɪ] adj → scivoloso/a;

it's slippery → si scivola