slickness

slick

S0472500 (slĭk)adj. slick·er, slick·est 1. Smooth, glossy, and slippery: sidewalks slick with ice.2. Deftly executed; adroit: "A jockey occasionally won a four-mile heat with a slick maneuver" (John Eisenberg).3. Confident and effortlessly effective, especially in being persuasive: a slick political insider.4. Superficially attractive or plausible but lacking depth or soundness: a slick writing style.5. Slang Excellent; wonderful.n.1. A smooth or slippery surface or area.2. a. A floating film of oil.b. A trail of floating material: a garbage slick.3. An implement used to make a surface slick, especially a chisel used for smoothing and polishing.4. Informal A magazine, usually of large popular readership, printed on high-quality glossy paper.5. A smooth, treadless tire, often used for racing.6. Slang An unarmed military aircraft, especially a helicopter.tr.v. slicked, slick·ing, slicks 1. To make smooth, glossy, or oily.2. Informal To make neat, trim, or tidy: slicked themselves up for the camera.

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[Middle English slike, from Old English *slice; see lei- in Indo-European roots. V., Middle English sliken, from Late Old English -slīcian, -slȳcian (in nīgslȳcod, freshly smoothed).]

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slick′ly adv.slick′ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	slickness - verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some wayhanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, trickerydeception, misrepresentation, deceit - a misleading falsehood
	2.	slickness - a kind of fluent easy superficiality; "the glibness of a high-pressure salesman"glibnessshallowness, superficiality - lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling
	3.	slickness - a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"slick, slipperiness, slipsmoothness - a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch; "admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs"; "some artists prefer the smoothness of a board"

Translations

狡猾

slick¹

(slik) adjective clever especially in a sly or dishonest way; smart. That was a very slick move! 狡猾的，巧妙地，聰明地 花言巧语的，圆滑的 ˈslickly adverb 狡猾地 狡猾地ˈslickness noun 狡猾 狡猾