Slippery

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1. Adjective

Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery.

2. Adjective

Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.

3. Adjective

Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.

4. Adjective

Liable to slip; not standing firm.

5. Adjective

Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle.

6. Adjective

Uncertain in effect.

7. Adjective

Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.
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