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slickly

slickly adverb: in a slick manner; slipperily.

Adverb

slickly (comparative more slickly, superlative most slickly)

  1. In a slick manner; slipperily.
    • "We've demonstrated that when push comes to shove, we can be really fast, we can be agile, we can do things more slickly.2020 May 20, Andrew Haines talks to Stefanie Foster, “Repurpose rail for the 2020s”, in Rail, page 35

Forms of slickly

comparativemore slickly
superlativemost slickly

Origin of slickly

From slick + -ly.

Questions about slickly

What does slickly mean?
Slickly means in a slick manner; slipperily.
What part of speech is slickly?
Slickly is an adverb.

Words near slickly in the dictionary

  1. slicking
  2. slicking back
  3. slicking down
  4. slicking up
  5. slickings
  6. slickly
  7. slickness
  8. slicknesses
  9. slickrock
  10. slickrocks
  11. slicks

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