slipperiest
slipperiest is the superlative form of slippery.
Meaning of slippery
Adjective
slippery (comparative slipperier or more slippery, superlative slipperiest or most slippery)
- 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.
- Oily substances render things slippery.
- Antonyms:
- sticky
- Evasive; difficult to pin down.
- a slippery person
- Liable to slip; not standing firm.
- Which when they fall, as being slippery standers, / The love that leaned on them, as slippery too, / Do one pluck down another, and together / Die in the fall.c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
- He looking down
With scorn or pity on the slippery state
Of kings, will tread upon the neck of fate.1641 (first performance), [John Denham], The Sophy. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman, […], published 1667, →OCLC, (please specify the page)
- He looking down
- Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.
- My wife is slippery? If thou wilt confess –c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
Questions about slipperiest
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- Slipperiest is the superlative form of slippery.
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