5. Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle. "The slippery state of kings." Denham.
6. Uncertain in effect. L'Estrange.
7. Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals. Shak. Slippery elm. (Bot.) (a) An American tree (Ulmus fulva) with a mucilagenous and slightly aromatic inner bark which is sometimes used medicinally; also, the inner bark itself. (b) A malvaceous shrub (Fremontia Californica); — so called on the Pacific coast.
SLIPPINESS
Slip"pi*ness, n.
Defn: Slipperiness. [R.] "The slippiness of the way." Sir W. Scott.
SLIPPY
Slip"py, a. Etym: [AS. slipeg.]
Defn: Slippery.
SLIPSHOD
Slip"shod`, a.
1. Wearing shoes or slippers down at the heel. The shivering urchin bending as he goes, With slipshod heels. Cowper.
2. Figuratively: Careless in dress, manners, style, etc.; slovenly; shuffling; as, slipshod manners; a slipshod or loose style of writing. Thy wit shall ne'er go slipshod. Shak.