adjective slipperier, slipperiest
- 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
Origin:
altered < ME sliper, slippery < OE slipor, akin to MHG slupferic: for IE base see slip