slippery

slippery

1. liukas

Esimerkkejä:

slippery slope kalteva pinta

Liittyvät sanat: slip

Synonyymisanakirja

slippery

liukas, livettävä, iljanteinen, limainen, niljainen, niljakas, liukasteleva, kiemurteleva, pehmeä, sileä.

Rimmaavat sanat

slippery rimmaa näiden kanssa:

henry, sherry, sorry, curry, kärry, ostoskärry, peräkärry, country, jury, treasury...

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Englannin sanakirja

slippery (englanti > suomi)

1. liukas

slippery englanniksi

1. 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. puhekieltä evasive Evasive; difficult to pin down.

a slippery person

a slippery promise

3. puhekieltä Liable to slip; not standing firm.

4. 1602, w: William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, s: Troilus and Cressida|Troilus and Cressida, III. iii. 84:

Which when they fall, as being slippery standers, / The love that leaned on them, as slippery too, / Do one pluck down another, and together / Die in the fall.

5. unstable Unstable; changeable; inconstant.

6. 1668, Sir John Denham

He looking down
With scorn or pity on the slippery state
Of kings, will tread upon the neck of fate.

7. puhekieltä wanton Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.

8. 1610, w: William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, s: The Winters Tale|The Winter's Tale'', I. ii. 273:

My wife is slippery? If thou wilt confess –

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