slippery

Definitions

1. 1.Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise. The slippery tops of human state. Cowley.
2. 2.Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away. The slippery god will try to loose his hold. Dryden.
3. 3.Liable to slip; not standing firm. Shak.
4. 4.Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle. "The slippery state of kings." Denham.
5. 5.Uncertain in effect. L'Estrange.
6. 6.Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals. Shak. Slippery elm. (Bot.) (a) 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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise. The slippery tops of human state. Cowley called?
• What is not easily held; liable or apt to slip away. The slippery god will try to loose his hold. Dryden called?
• What is liable to slip; not standing firm. Shak called?
• What is unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle. "The slippery state of kings." Denham called?