Word Meaning

Meaning of "slippery" and the crossword clue

- Like eelskin footwear – unlikely to last
- Slick and oily
- 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.
- Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.
- Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.
- Liable to slip; not standing firm.
- Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle.
- Uncertain in effect.
- Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.