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slipperier
Variant of slippery
slippery
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slip·pery (slip′ər ē, slip′rē)
adjective slipperier -·peri·er, slipperiest -·peri·est
- causing or liable to cause sliding or slipping, as a wet, waxed, or greasy surface
- tending to slip away, as from a grasp
- not reliable or trustworthy; deceitful
- subject to change a slippery situation
- Obsolete immoral
Etymology: altered < ME sliper, slippery < OE slipor, akin to MHG slupferic: for IE base see slip
Related Forms:
- slipperiness slip′·peri·ness noun
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