slipperier

Variant of slippery

slippery definition

slip·pery (slip′ər ē, slip′rē)

adjective slipperier -·peri·er, slipperiest -·peri·est

  1. causing or liable to cause sliding or slipping, as a wet, waxed, or greasy surface
  2. tending to slip away, as from a grasp
  3. not reliable or trustworthy; deceitful
  4. subject to change a slippery situation
  5. Obsolete immoral

Etymology: altered < ME sliper, slippery < OE slipor, akin to MHG slupferic: for IE base see slip

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