slippery

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

slipperiermore slippery

Superlative

slipperiestmost slippery

1.
Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
Oily substances render things slippery.
2.
(broadly, figuratively)(figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.
a slippery person
a slippery promise
3.
(obsolete)Liable to slip; not standing firm.
4.
Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
5.
(obsolete)Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

greasy slick slimy slippy wet slithery

Trái nghĩa

sticky

Cùng gốc / liên quan

nonslippery slipperily slipperiness sloppery unslipperyslippery dickslippery dipslippery jackslippery sequenceslippery as an eelslippery slideslippery elmSlippery Samslippery nippleslippery slopeslip

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English slipperie, an extended form (--y) of Middle English slipper, sliper (slippery), from Old English slipor (slippery), from Proto-Germanic *slipraz (smooth, slippery), equivalent to slip + -er. Compare also slibbri, slubbri (slippery) borrowed from Middle Dutch or slibberich. Cognate with schlüpfrig, slibrig, slipprig.