French Meaning of slippery

Glissant

Other French words related to Glissant

Definitions and Meaning of slippery in English

Wordnet

slippery (a)

causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide

Wordnet

slippery (s)

not to be trusted

Webster

slippery (a.)

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.

FAQs About the word slippery

Glissant

causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide, not to be trustedHaving the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move

ombragé,triche,clandestin,fermer,tordu,rusé,sombre,Trompeur,furtif,secret

direct,franc,franc,ouvert,simple,simple,honnête,franc,honnête,franc

slipperwort => Sabot de Vénus, slipper-shaped => En forme de pantoufle, slipperness => glissance, slipperiness => glissance, slipperily => glissant,