·adj Uncertain in effect.
II. Slippery ·adj Liable to slip; not standing firm.
III. Slippery ·adj Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.
IV. Slippery ·adj Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.
V. Slippery ·adj Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle.
VI. Slippery ·adj Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.
VII. Slippery ·adj 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.