Defn: The quality of being slippery.
SLIPPERNESS
Slip"per*ness, n.
Defn: Slipperiness. [Obs.]
SLIPPERWORT
Slip"per*wort`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: See Calceolaria.
SLIPPERY
Slip"per*y, a. Etym: [See Slipper, a.]
1. Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery.
2. Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise. The slippery tops of human state. Cowley.
3. Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away. The slippery god will try to loose his hold. Dryden.
4. Liable to slip; not standing firm. Shak.