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slipperiness

slipperiness noun: the property of being slippery.

Noun

slipperiness (countable and uncountable, plural slipperinesses)

  1. (uncountable) The property of being slippery.
    • He struggled out of the water, by clawing into the slipperiness, and climbing, not knowing if he was crawling onto the body of a sea serpent.2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Constable (2009), page 475
  2. (countable) The result or product of being slippery.

slipperiness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

slipperiness in Hindi

property of being slippery
चिकनाई ciknāī, चिकनाहट ciknāhaṭ

slipperiness in Tamil

வழுக்கல், களிதம், சதுக்கல், பசைபிடி, இழுமெனல், வழவழவெனல்

slipperiness in Urdu

پھسلن, رپٹ

slipperiness in Telugu

slipperiness
జారుడు jāruḍu

Forms of slipperiness

pluralslipperinesses

Origin of slipperiness

From slippery + -ness.

Questions about slipperiness

What does slipperiness mean?
Slipperiness means the property of being slippery.
What is slipperiness in Hindi?
Slipperiness in Hindi is चिकनाई (ciknāī), चिकनाहट (ciknāhaṭ). See Slipperiness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is slipperiness?
Slipperiness is a noun.
What is the plural of slipperiness?
The plural of slipperiness is slipperinesses.

Words near slipperiness in the dictionary

  1. slipperette
  2. slipperettes
  3. slipperier
  4. slipperiest
  5. slipperily
  6. slipperiness
  7. slipperinesses
  8. slippering
  9. slipperings
  10. slipperless
  11. slipperlike

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slipperiness (page history and authors); slipperiness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); slipperiness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); జారుడు (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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