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slippery

adjective

causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
S
Ends with
Y
Contains
LI
Scrabble score
15
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈslɪpəɹi

Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide

    “slippery sidewalks”

adjective

  1. not to be trusted

    “{'source': 'James Agee', 'text': 'how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is'}”

In context

Example Sentences

slippery sidewalks
a slippery bar of soap
the streets are still slippy from the rain
{'source': 'James Agee', 'text': 'how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is'}

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