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SLIPPERINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being a slippery rascal
Synonyms:
rascality; shiftiness; slipperiness; trickiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("slipperiness" is a kind of...):
dishonesty (the quality of being dishonest)
Derivation:
slippery (not to be trusted)
Sense 2
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 ("slipperiness" is a kind of...):
smoothness (a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch)
Derivation:
slippery (causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide)
