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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