Slippery

·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.