Definition for SLIP'PER-I-NESS

SLIP'PER-I-NESS, n.

  1. The state or quality of being slippery; lubricity; smoothness; glibness; as, the slipperiness of ice or snow; the slipperiness of the tongue.
  2. Uncertainty; want of firm footing. – Johnson.
  3. Lubricity of character.

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