slippery

About 2.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.

   Oily substances render things slippery.

2. adjective Evasive; difficult to pin down.

   a slippery person

3. adjective Liable to slip; not standing firm.
4. adjective Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
5. adjective Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.

Similar words

slipping slippy slithery sliding slithering slick lubricious nonstick slimy tricky

Often followed by

slope and with elm as rock rocks surface ground

Word family

slipperier slipperiest slipperiness slipperinesses