SLIPPERINESS

rascality, shiftiness, slipperiness, trickiness

(noun) the quality of being a slippery rascal

slickness, slick, slipperiness, slip

(noun) a slippery smoothness; “he could feel the slickness of the tiller”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

slipperiness (countable and uncountable, plural slipperinesses)

(uncountable) The property of being slippery.

(countable) The result or product of being slippery.

Source: Wiktionary


Slip"per*i*ness, n.

Definition: The quality of being slippery.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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