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What is the adjective for slickness?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs slick and slicker which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

slick
  1. Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
  2. Appearing expensive or sophisticated.
  3. Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
  4. (often used sarcastically) Clever, making an apparently hard task easy.
  5. (US, West Coast slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
  6. sleek; smooth
  7. Synonyms:
      8. greasy, slippery, slippy, slithery, icy, oily, smooth, oiled, oleaginous, slimy, greased, lubricated, slicked, soapy, glassy, lubricious, wet, sleeky, skiddy, sleek, waxy, polished, glossy, shiny, slippery as an eel, glacé, silky, satiny, like a skating rink, sebaceous, pinguid, fatty, creamy, unctuous, pomaded, anointed, daubed, swabbed, salved, smeared, smeary, lubricous, lubricative, lubricant, oil-soaked, lustrous, shining … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “Caleb stumbled back, slipped on the slick stone, and fell.”
      “His straight, slick hair shone like silver in the moonlight.”
      “Because Cotton lacked the star power and slick production values of the Bond pictures, its makers compensated with elements that fulfilled the criteria of exploitation cinema.”
slickered
  1. Wearing a slicker (coat)
  2. Dressed in a stylish and fancy manner.
  3. Smooth and shiny.
slicker
  1. comparative form of slick: more slick
  2. Synonyms:
      3. greasier, slipperier, slippier, slitherier, icier, oilier, smoother, slimier, soapier, glassier, wetter, sleekier, skiddier, more oiled, more oleaginous, more lubricious, sleeker, shinier, more waxy, more polished, glossier, more lustrous, more glacé, silkier, more satiny, more pinguid, fattier, creamier, more unctuous, more lubricous, more smeary, more lubricative, more shining, brighter, more brilliant, more gleaming, sheenier, more glowing, more reflecting … more
slickest
  1. superlative form of slick: most slick
  2. Synonyms:
      3. greasiest, slipperiest, slippiest, slitheriest, iciest, oiliest, smoothest, slimiest, soapiest, glassiest, wettest, sleekiest, skiddiest, most oiled, most oleaginous, most lubricious, sleekest, shiniest, most waxy, most polished, glossiest, most lustrous, most glacé, most satiny, silkiest, most pinguid, fattiest, creamiest, most unctuous, most smeary, most lubricous, most lubricative, most shining, brightest, most brilliant, most gleaming, sheeniest, most glowing, most reflecting … more
slicked
  1. simple past tense and past participle of slick
  2. Synonyms:
      3. greased, oiled, smoothed, sleeked, flattened, lubricated, waxed, gelled, plastered, smarmed, made glossy, plastered down, smarmed down, smeared, anointed, larded, loosened, lubed, moisturised, moisturized, creamed, made, tallowed, smeared with oil, made slippery, made smooth, covered with oil, rubbed with oil, oiled the wheels, coated, pomaded, buttered, made oily, smeared with grease, applied oil, spruced up, tidied, neatened, smartened, groomed, primped, brushed, titivated, primmed … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “His face was slicked with sweat and lined with pain from his wounds.”
slicking
  1. present participle of slick
  2. Synonyms:
      3. greasing, oiling, smoothing, sleeking, flattening, lubricating, waxing, gelling, plastering, smarming, making glossy, plastering down, smarming down, smearing, anointing, larding, loosening, lubing, moisturising, moisturizing, creaming, making, tallowing, smearing with oil, making slippery, making smooth, covering with oil, rubbing with oil, oiling the wheels, coating, pomading, buttering, applying oil, making oily, smearing with grease, sprucing up, tidying, neatening, smartening, grooming, primping, brushing, titivating, primming … more
slickering
  1. present participle of slicker
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