slipperiness
/ˈslɪp(ə)rɪnɪs
/noun [mass noun]
The quality or state of being slippery: a play about the slipperiness of language...
- A similar dishonest slipperiness was evident in the government's response to an earlier complaint by the Opposition of breach of the caretaker convention.
- I believe that New Zealanders all over this country are appalled by the slipperiness and deviousness with which this Government is undertaking this issue, and we will hold it to account.
- Pedestrians are forced to suffer the burden of consequent slipperiness because the heavier ice-clearing equipment can't manoeuvre on the city's 3,500 kilometres of sidewalks.
Synonyms
smoothness, slickness, greasiness, oiliness, iciness, glassiness;
sliminess, wetness
informal slippiness
evasiveness, unreliability, unpredictability;
deviousness, craftiness, cunning, wiliness, trickiness, artfulness, guilefulness, slickness, untrustworthiness, duplicitousness, dishonesty, treachery, two-facedness
informal shadiness, shiftiness
rare tergiversation
- pump island
- pump jack
- pump jockey
- pumpkin
- pumpkin butter
- pumpkin-head
- pumpkin-headed
- pumpkinification
- pumpkinify
- pumpkinish
- pumpkinity
- pumpkin lantern
- pumpkin pie
- pumpkin pine
- pumpkinseed
- pump leather
- pumpless
- pump log
- pumpman
- pump-out
- pump plunger
- pump-prime
- pump-primer
- pump-priming
- pump-pump-pull-away