Having a smooth slippery surface or exterior; readily slipping from one's grasp or out of place, etc. Also figurative.

Smooth and slippery; lubric.

Of a smooth or slippery nature. Also figurative, sly, deceitful.

Of a smooth or slippery nature.

Smooth and slippery. Now rare.

Slippery.

Of a soft oily or greasy consistency; having a smooth surface, so as to slip or slide easily; slipping readily from any hold or grasp.

Resembling ice; having the nature or properties of ice; extremely cold; †slippery (obsolete).

Smooth, slippery.

Smooth and slippery in surface or consistency; moving easily; offering no resistance to motion. Of movement: Easy, unimpeded. Now rare exc. dialect.

= glib, adj. 1. Obsolete. rare.

In various senses of the verb. Also with back, down.

Slippery; figurative shifty, untrustworthy.

=prec. in various senses; also, voluble.

Slippery; smooth. Also figurative, crafty, cunning, deceitful.

Slippery, in various senses.

A word invented by ‘Lewis Carroll’: ‘smooth and active’ (‘Carroll’, 1855, 140) and popularized esp. in slithy toves from Through the Looking-Glass…

Similative, with the sense ‘like butter’, as butter-bright, butter-smooth, butter-soft, etc.

Of skin, hair, etc.: Smooth, glossy, sleek. Also, of a surface: slippery (chiefly U.S.).