Slickness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

a kind of fluent easy superficiality

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/slˈɪknəs/

🇬🇧British English

/slˈɪknəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/slˈɪknəs/

2 syllables Say it as /slˈɪknəs/.

Examples

the glibness of a high-pressure salesman
he could feel the slickness of the tiller

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

slipperiness slip skulduggery skullduggery trickery hanky panky hocus-pocus glibness slick jiggery-pokery

Parts of Speech

noun	verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
noun	a kind of fluent easy superficiality “the glibness of a high-pressure salesman”
noun	a slippery smoothness “he could feel the slickness of the tiller”

Word Forms

trick	verb	deceive somebody
slick	adjective	marked by skill in deception
glib	adjective	having only superficial plausibility
slick	verb	give a smooth and glossy appearance
slippery	adjective	causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
slippy	adjective	causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Glätte

verbale Falschdarstellung mit der Absicht, Sie in irgendeiner Weise auszunutzen

🇫🇷French

finesse

fausse déclaration verbale destinée à profiter de vous d'une manière ou d'une autre

🇪🇸Spanish

astucia

tergiversación verbal destinada a aprovecharse de usted de alguna manera

🇮🇹Italian

scivolosità

false dichiarazioni verbali volte a trarre vantaggio da te in qualche modo

🇳🇱Dutch

gladheid

verbale verkeerde voorstelling van zaken bedoeld om op de een of andere manier misbruik van u te maken

🇵🇹Portuguese

suavidade

deturpação verbal com a intenção de tirar vantagem de você de alguma forma

🇷🇺Russian

гладкость

словесное введение в заблуждение с целью каким-то образом воспользоваться вами

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चिकनापन

मौखिक ग़लतबयानी का उद्देश्य किसी तरह से आपका फ़ायदा उठाना है

🇧🇩Bengali

স্লিকনেস

মৌখিক ভুল উপস্থাপনা কোনোভাবে আপনার সুবিধা নেওয়ার উদ্দেশ্যে

🇮🇳Tamil

மென்மை

ஏதோ ஒரு வகையில் உங்களைப் பயன்படுத்திக் கொள்ளும் நோக்கில் வாய்மொழி தவறாகக் குறிப்பிடுதல்

🇮🇳Telugu

మృదుత్వం

మీ నుండి ఏదో ఒక విధంగా ప్రయోజనం పొందేందుకు ఉద్దేశించిన మౌఖిక తప్పుగా సూచించడం

🇮🇳Marathi

चपळपणा

शाब्दिक चुकीचे सादरीकरण काही प्रकारे तुमचा गैरफायदा घेण्याच्या उद्देशाने आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ચપળતા

મૌખિક ખોટી રજૂઆતનો હેતુ કોઈ રીતે તમારો લાભ લેવાનો છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ನುಣುಪಾದತೆ

ಮೌಖಿಕ ತಪ್ಪು ನಿರೂಪಣೆಯು ಕೆಲವು ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಲಾಭವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯಲು ಉದ್ದೇಶಿಸಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വശ്യത

ഏതെങ്കിലും വിധത്തിൽ നിങ്ങളെ പ്രയോജനപ്പെടുത്താൻ ഉദ്ദേശിച്ചുള്ള വാക്കാലുള്ള തെറ്റിദ്ധാരണ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਤਲਾਪਨ

ਜ਼ੁਬਾਨੀ ਗਲਤ ਪੇਸ਼ਕਾਰੀ ਦਾ ਇਰਾਦਾ ਕਿਸੇ ਤਰੀਕੇ ਨਾਲ ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਫਾਇਦਾ ਉਠਾਉਣਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

چالاکی

زبانی غلط بیانی کا مقصد کسی طرح سے آپ کا فائدہ اٹھانا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

光滑度

旨在以某种方式利用您的口头歪曲

🇯🇵Japanese

滑らかさ

何らかの形であなたを利用することを目的とした口頭での虚偽の表示

🇰🇷Korean

매끄러움

어떤 식으로든 귀하를 이용하려는 의도로 이루어진 언어적 허위 진술

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự trơn tuột

xuyên tạc bằng lời nói nhằm mục đích lợi dụng bạn theo một cách nào đó

🇹🇭Thai

ความเนียน

การแสดงข้อความอันเป็นเท็จด้วยวาจาโดยมีจุดประสงค์เพื่อเอาเปรียบคุณในทางใดทางหนึ่ง

🇮🇩Indonesian

kelicinan

representasi verbal yang keliru yang dimaksudkan untuk mengambil keuntungan dari Anda dengan cara tertentu

🇵🇭Filipino

pagkamakinis

verbal misrepresentation na naglalayong samantalahin ka sa ilang paraan

🇲🇾Malay

kelicinan

salah nyataan lisan bertujuan untuk mengambil kesempatan daripada anda dalam beberapa cara

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

نعومة

تحريف لفظي يهدف إلى الاستفادة منك بطريقة ما

🇮🇷Persian

نرمی

اظهارات نادرست کلامی که قصد دارد به نحوی از شما سوء استفاده کند

🇹🇷Turkish

kayganlık

bir şekilde sizden faydalanmayı amaçlayan sözlü yanlış beyan

🇮🇱Hebrew

חלקלקות

מצג שווא מילולי שנועד לנצל אותך בדרך כלשהי

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