Slippery

a.	1.	Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery.
	2.	Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise. The slippery tops of human state. - Cowley.
	3.	Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away. The slippery god will try to loose his hold. - Dryden.
	4.	Liable to slip; not standing firm.
	5.	Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle.
	6.	Uncertain in effect.
	7.	Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals. Slippery elm a - (Bot.) An American tree (Ulmus fulva) with a mucilagenous and slightly aromatic inner bark which is sometimes used medicinally; also, the inner bark itself b - A malvaceous shrub (Fremontia Californica); - so called on the Pacific coast.

Adj.	1.	slippery - being such as to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain" Synonyms: slippy Antonyms: nonslippery - not slippery; not likely to slip or skid
	2.	slippery - not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee; "they called Reagan the teflon president because mud never stuck to him" Synonyms: teflon, tricky

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