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SLICKNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A slippery smoothness
Example:
he could feel the slickness of the tiller
Synonyms:
slick; slickness; slip; slipperiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("slickness" is a kind of...):
smoothness (a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch)
Derivation:
slick (having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light)
slick (made slick by e.g. ice or grease)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A kind of fluent easy superficiality
Example:
the glibness of a high-pressure salesman
Synonyms:
glibness; slickness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("slickness" is a kind of...):
shallowness; superficiality (lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling)
Derivation:
slick (marked by skill in deception)
slick (having only superficial plausibility)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
Synonyms:
hanky panky; hocus-pocus; jiggery-pokery; skulduggery; skullduggery; slickness; trickery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("slickness" is a kind of...):
deceit; deception; misrepresentation (a misleading falsehood)
Derivation:
slick (marked by skill in deception)
