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What is the adjective for slippery?

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

slippery
  1. Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
  2. (figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.
  3. (obsolete) Liable to slip; not standing firm.
  4. Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
  5. (obsolete) Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. greasy, slick, slippy, slithery, oily, smooth, icy, sleek, oiled, slimy, slicked, greased, lubricated, soapy, polished, lubricious, wet, skiddy, waxy, glacé, satiny, silky, like a skating rink, oleaginous, sleeky, glossy, shiny, slippery as an eel, glassy, sebaceous, pinguid, unctuous, smeary, lubricous, lubricative, lubricant, oil-soaked, lustrous, shining, silken, fatty, creamy, pomaded, anointed, daubed, swabbed, salved, smeared, Brylcreemed, plastered down … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “I tugged on his jacket sleeve and tried to stop my boots from sliding on the slippery snow.”
      “And suddenly there is a Jinn, a slippery figure from the shadows. If it wasn't for her, everyone would be living happily ever after.”
      “But it would take another 500 years before another figure would take a shot at the elusively slippery dream of a lasting utopia.”
slippy
  1. (slightly informal) Slippery.
  2. (dialect, dated) Spry, nimble.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. greasy, slippery, slick, slithery, oiled, slicked, greased, lubricated, smooth, oily, skiddy, lubricious, icy, soapy, slimy, sleek, oleaginous, wet, sleeky, polished, waxy, glassy, 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 … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The situation is not helped by the fact that the mist is making the court damp and slippy.”
      “Despite the driving rain and the slippy under-foot conditions, both teams severed up some fine passages of play.”
      “Thank the good Lord I'd chosen my chocolate-brown satin Victoria's Secret grundies that morning, instead of something less slippy.”
slipless
  1. Without physical slippage.
slipped
  1. (plant) With part of the stalk displayed.
slipperier
  1. comparative form of slippery: more slippery
  2. Synonyms:
      3. greasier, slicker, slippier, slitherier, oilier, smoother, icier, sleeker, slimier, soapier, wetter, skiddier, silkier, more oiled, more polished, more lubricious, more waxy, more glacé, more satiny, more oleaginous, sleekier, glossier, shinier, glassier, more pinguid, more unctuous, more lubricous, more smeary, more lubricative, more frosted, more frozen, frostier, more lustrous, rimier, more gleaming, more shining, sheenier, more glowing, more luminous, more radiant, more nitid, more sericeous, brighter, more brilliant, more dazzling, more incandescent, more beaming, more refulgent, more lambent, more effulgent … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “But when they get to mixin' in things they're slipperier than a bunch of quicksilver.”
      “To me the cliff looked much like the Matterhorn, only slipperier.”
slipperiest
  1. superlative form of slippery: most slippery
  2. Synonyms:
      3. greasiest, slickest, slippiest, slitheriest, oiliest, smoothest, iciest, sleekest, slimiest, soapiest, wettest, skiddiest, silkiest, most oiled, most polished, most lubricious, most waxy, most glacé, most satiny, most oleaginous, sleekiest, glossiest, shiniest, glassiest, most pinguid, most unctuous, most smeary, most lubricous, most lubricative, most frosted, most frozen, frostiest, most lustrous, rimiest, most gleaming, most shining, sheeniest, most glowing, most luminous, most radiant, most nitid, most sericeous, brightest, most brilliant, most dazzling, most incandescent, most beaming, most refulgent, most lambent, most effulgent … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Regular brake inspections are important all year round but even more so during the winter when roads are at their slipperiest.”
      “Throughout this case he has shown himself to be the slipperiest of liars and constantly changed his story to fit the facts.”
      “When it comes to not being trusted, he is the slipperiest, most unreliable snake at Westminster.”
slippier
  1. comparative form of slippy: more slippy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. greasier, slipperier, slicker, slitherier, more oiled, oilier, smoother, icier, skiddier, soapier, more lubricious, slimier, sleeker, more oleaginous, wetter, sleekier, glassier, more waxy, shinier, glossier, more frosted, more frozen, frostier, rimier, more polished, more glacé, silkier, more satiny, more pinguid, fattier, creamier, more unctuous, more lubricous, more smeary, more lubricative, muddier, oozier, mirier, muckier, clammier, sludgier, gloopier, gooier, slushier, stickier … more
slippiest
  1. superlative form of slippy: most slippy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. greasiest, slipperiest, slickest, slitheriest, most oiled, oiliest, smoothest, iciest, skiddiest, soapiest, most lubricious, slimiest, sleekest, most oleaginous, wettest, sleekiest, glassiest, most waxy, glossiest, shiniest, most frosted, most frozen, frostiest, rimiest, most polished, most glacé, most satiny, silkiest, most pinguid, fattiest, creamiest, most unctuous, most smeary, most lubricous, most lubricative, muddiest, ooziest, miriest, muckiest, clammiest, sludgiest, gloopiest, gooiest, slushiest, stickiest … more
slipping
  1. present participle of slip
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sliding, falling, skidding, gliding, slithering, stumbling, tripping, tumbling, toppling, dropping, blundering, fluffing, losing your footing, tripping over, falling over, losing your balance, tobogganing, hurtling, sneaking, stealing, creeping, slinking, sloping, pussyfooting, sidling, tiptoeing, mousing, shirking, skulking, snaking, winding, worming, wriggling, edging, lurking, mooching, padding, flitting, moving quietly, moving stealthily, insinuating oneself, prowling, inching, easing, moving furtively, insinuating, manoeuvring … more
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