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Slippery
Slippery meaning
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. | Evasive; difficult to pin down. | Liable to slip; not standing firm.
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Example sentences (20)
A slippery mix of snow, ice pellets, and freezing rain is expected in western parts of the Maritimes late Wednesday night into Thursday.
A stunning pop-up bar named The Slippery Mermaid was open on harbourside over the early May bank holiday weekend, when Brixham Pirate Festival was in full swing.
Barnett says this was an example of melting snow creating very dangerous, slippery conditions.
Basically, what you’re doing is, you’re falling into this slippery slope of conceding that abortion is actually a pretty terrible thing, but we need it in these super extreme cases, in order to avoid this much more terrible thing.
Before the Bok scrum gave them traction at a slippery Stade de France the Boks looked in real danger of being knocked out.
Both crises are slippery slopes that, if not properly addressed and mitigated, will lead to further issues.
Brody Galcik doubled and homered and Lucas Allison doubled and drove in three runs to lead Slippery Rock to a nonsection win.
Depending on its precise crafting, the budget could be a slippery beast for the opposition to handle.
Drivers can further customize Corsair with Lincoln’s signature drive modes: Normal, Excite, Slippery and Conserve.
During their evidence they variously described him as a "vile sexual predator", "slippery" and "atrocious, despicable, disgusting".
Environment Canada advised driers to slow down in slippery conditions, and to maintain safe following distance at all times.
Evening commuters could face slippery conditions, as officials urged drivers to use caution allowing extra stopping distance between vehicles.
Even though tough, almost rubbery, little monkfish bullets will squiggle out of every batter ball in a puff of super-heated burny-hot, slippery steam.
Further advice includes giving more time to react to the slippery surfaces and to keep a bigger gap between vehicles.
Heavy, wet snow is expected to make for a slippery commute Friday morning.
He benefits more from utility and defense to round out his kit and accommodate for his weaknesses which are fast characters, characters that are slippery and ranged.
He has good snap quickness and upfield burst and can be slippery around the edge or as the looper on stunts.
Hence, having legislators change hunting seasons and dates might be considered by some to be a slippery slope.
He said, "It's a slippery slope to put all your value into the vanity of what your body looks like.
However, he warned there was a limit to coverage, not every road could be gritted and even where roads had been treated they could still be slippery.