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slippery

slip·per·y [ slíppəree ] (comparative slip·per·i·er, superlative slip·per·i·est)


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. causing sliding: likely to cause somebody or something to slip

2. hard to hold firmly: sliding easily from the grasp or from a position

3. precarious: unstable and liable to change
We're in a slippery situation; things could go either way.

4. untrustworthy: behaving in a devious or deceitful way
a slippery character


slip·per·i·ly adverb
slip·per·i·ness noun
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