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slippy
(redirected from slippier)

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slip·py  (slp)
adj.
Slippery.
slippi·ly adv.
slippy [ˈslɪpɪ]
adj -pier, -piest
1. Informal or dialect another word for slippery [1] [2]
2. Brit informal alert; quick
slippiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.slippy - 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"
slippery
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"
Translations
slippy [ˈslɪpɪ] ADV (Brit) to be slippy; look slippy about it → darse prisa, menearse
look slippy! → ¡menearse!
we shall have to look slippy → tendremos que darnos prisa
slippy
adj (inf)
(= slippery) → glatt
(esp Brit) to look slippy → einen Zahn zulegen (inf) → (about sth bei etw); … and look slippy (about it)! → … und zwar flott or ein bisschen dalli! (inf)
slippy [ˈslɪpɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) → scivoloso/a
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