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 [ˈslɪpərɪ -prɪ]

adj

1. causing or tending to cause objects to slip a slippery road

2. liable to slip from the grasp, a position, etc.

3. not to be relied upon; cunning and untrustworthy a slippery character

4. (esp of a situation) liable to change; unstable

slippery slope a course of action that will lead to disaster or failure

[probably coined by Coverdale to translate German schlipfferig in Luther's Bible (Psalm 35:6); related to Old English slipor slippery]

slipperily  adv

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 or dialect), unsafe, lubricious (rare), skiddy (informal) The floor was wet and slippery.

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

Translations

slippery [ˈslɪpərɪ] ADJ

1. (lit) [mud, ground, surface] → resbaladizo, escurridizo; [hands, skin] → resbaladizo; [object, fish] → escurridizo
to be on a slippery slope → estar en terreno resbaladizo

2. (fig) (pej) [person] (= evasive) → escurridizo; (= unreliable) → poco de fiar
he's as slippery as they come or as an eel → tiene más conchas que un galápago

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slippery [ˈslɪpəri] adj

[surface, path] → glissant(e)
The pavement's slippery → Le trottoir est glissant.
Be careful - it's slippery
BUT Attention - ça glisse.

[person] → insaisissable

to be on a slippery slope (fig) → être sur une pente savonneuse
slip road n (British) (to motorway) → bretelle f d'accès

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slippery

adj

→ schlüpfrig; rope, road, ground → glatt, rutschig; shoes → glatt; fish, mud → glitschig; the roads were slippery with ice → die Straßen waren eisglatt; my hands were slippery with sweat → meine Hände waren ganz glitschig vor lauter Schweiß; to be on slippery ground (fig) → sich auf unsicherem Boden bewegen; he’s on the slippery slope (fig) → er ist auf der schiefen Bahn; it’s a slippery slope (fig) → das ist ein gefährlicher Weg

(pej inf) person → glatt, windig (inf); a slippery customer → ein aalglatter Kerl (inf); he’s as slippery as they come or as an eel → er ist aalglatt

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slippery [ˈslɪp/ərɪ] adj → sdrucciolevole, scivoloso/a (fig) (pej) (person) → viscido/a
it's slippery underfoot → il pavimento è scivoloso
he's as slippery as they come or as an eel → è un tipo viscido

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slippery [ˈslɪp/ərɪ] adj → sdrucciolevole, scivoloso/a (fig) (pej) (person) → viscido/a
it's slippery underfoot → il pavimento è scivoloso
he's as slippery as they come or as an eel → è un tipo viscido

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slippery → زَلِق kluzký glat rutschig γλιστερός resbaladizo liukas glissant sklizak scivoloso 滑りやすい 미끄러운 glibberig glatt śliski escorregadio скользкий hal ลื่นไถล kaygan trơn 滑的