Slipperiness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a slippery smoothness

the quality of being a slippery rascal

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/slˈɪpɚɹinəs/

🇬🇧British English

/slˈɪpəɹinəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/slˈɪpəɹinəs/

4 syllables Say it as /slˈɪpɚɹinəs/.

Examples

he could feel the slickness of the tiller

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

slip slickness shiftiness rascality slick trickiness

Parts of Speech

noun	a slippery smoothness “he could feel the slickness of the tiller”
noun	the quality of being a slippery rascal

Word Forms

slick	adjective	made slick by e.g. ice or grease
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
shifty	adjective	characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive
tricky	adjective	not to be trusted; - James Agee

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Glätte

eine glitschige Glätte

🇫🇷French

glissance

une douceur glissante

🇪🇸Spanish

resbaladiza

una suavidad resbaladiza

🇮🇹Italian

scivolosità

una morbidezza scivolosa

🇳🇱Dutch

gladheid

een gladde gladheid

🇵🇹Portuguese

escorregadio

uma suavidade escorregadia

🇷🇺Russian

скользкость

скользкая гладкость

India

🇮🇳Hindi

फिसलन

एक फिसलन भरी चिकनाई

🇧🇩Bengali

পিচ্ছিলতা

একটি পিচ্ছিল মসৃণতা

🇮🇳Tamil

வழுக்கும் தன்மை

ஒரு வழுக்கும் மென்மை

🇮🇳Telugu

జారేతనం

ఒక జారే సున్నితత్వం

🇮🇳Marathi

निसरडापणा

एक निसरडा गुळगुळीतपणा

🇮🇳Gujarati

લપસણો

એક લપસણો સરળતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಜಾರುವಿಕೆ

ಒಂದು ಜಾರು ಮೃದುತ್ವ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വഴുവഴുപ്പ്

ഒരു വഴുവഴുപ്പുള്ള മിനുസം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਤਿਲਕਣ

ਇੱਕ ਤਿਲਕਣ ਨਿਰਵਿਘਨਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

پھسلنا

ایک پھسلن ہمواری

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

滑溜

滑溜溜的光滑度

🇯🇵Japanese

滑りやすさ

滑りやすい滑らかさ

🇰🇷Korean

미끄러움

미끄러운 부드러움

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự trơn trượt

🇹🇭Thai

ความลื่น

ความเรียบเนียนลื่น

🇮🇩Indonesian

kelicinan

kehalusan yang licin

🇵🇭Filipino

pagkadulas

isang madulas na kinis

🇲🇾Malay

licin

licin licin

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الانزلاق

نعومة زلقة

🇮🇷Persian

لغزندگی

صافی لغزنده

🇹🇷Turkish

kayganlık

kaygan bir pürüzsüzlük

🇮🇱Hebrew

חֲלַקלַקוּת

חלקה חלקה

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