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What does slippery mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word slippery? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  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.
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After peeling off outer skin, they polish it with castor oil, cactus jelly, curd, ghee and turmeric powder to make it smooth and slippery.
And as it all unravelled, cosy deals, lax auditing, wheels within wheels, and slippery accounting was exposed.
Police effectiveness is a notoriously slippery concept to define or measure.
It appeared to have one more cloth under the heavier top cloth of thick high-quality fine weave, but was smooth and slippery like silk.
Crushed leaves become slippery when wet, and the poor adhesion between wheel and track makes it difficult for trains to slow down and stop.
I trudge through sleet on icy sidewalks to look at equally slippery art shows.

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