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glassy
Of or like glass, in particular smooth and (somewhat) reflective.
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  1. Of or like glass, in particular smooth and (somewhat) reflective.
  2. Dull, expressionless
  3. (Surfing, of water, not comparable) Lacking any chop; smooth and mostly flat.
smooth
Free from hair, whiskers, or stubble:
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  1. Free from hair, whiskers, or stubble:
  2. Having a fine texture:
  3. Easy-going; serene:
polished
Refined, elegant.
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  1. Refined, elegant.
  2. Having a naturally smooth and shiny surface
  3. Naturally shiny and smooth.
oily
(Figuratively) Excessively friendly or polite so as to sound insincere.
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  1. (Figuratively) Excessively friendly or polite so as to sound insincere.
  2. Of, like, consisting of, or containing oil
  3. Too smooth; slippery; unctuous
slick
Slippery; oily
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  1. Slippery; oily
  2. (Informal) Having or showing skill in composition or technique but little depth or literary significance
  3. Sleek; glossy; smooth
waxy
Full of, covered with, or made of wax
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  1. Full of, covered with, or made of wax
  2. Like wax in nature or appearance
  3. Resembling wax in appearance or texture, as in being pale, pliable, or smooth and lustrous.
lubricious
Sexually stimulating; salacious:
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  1. Sexually stimulating; salacious:
  2. Having a slippery or smooth quality:
  3. Full of or displaying sexual desire:
unctuous
Abundant in organic materials; soft and rich:
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  1. Abundant in organic materials; soft and rich:
  2. Like oil, soap, or grease to the touch
  3. Characterized by a false show of deep or sincere feeling, as in trying to persuade; too smooth or overly polite in speech, manners, etc.
soapy
(Slang) Suave; unctuous; oily
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  1. (Slang) Suave; unctuous; oily
  2. (Slang) Unctuous; oily:
  3. Covered in soap
greasy
Coated or soiled with grease.
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  1. Coated or soiled with grease.
  2. Like grease; oily, unctuous, slippery, etc.
  3. Containing grease, especially too much grease:
slimy
Of or like slime
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  1. Of or like slime
  2. Covered with or exuding slime:
  3. Covered with or full of slime
icy
Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold.
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  1. Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold.
  2. Covered with ice, wholly or partially.
  3. Having much ice; full of or covered with ice
lustrous
Well-known or distinguished; illustrious:
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  1. Well-known or distinguished; illustrious:
  2. As if shining with a brilliant light; radiant.
  3. Having a sheen or glow; gleaming:
silky
Resembling silk; smooth or lustrous.
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  1. Resembling silk; smooth or lustrous.
  2. Covered with or characterized by fine soft hairs or feathers:
  3. Soft or smooth
glabrous
Having no hairs or pubescence; smooth:
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  1. Having no hairs or pubescence; smooth:
  2. (Biol.) Without hair, down, or fuzz; bald
sleek
In good health and having smooth or glossy hair, fur, or skin:
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  1. In good health and having smooth or glossy hair, fur, or skin:
  2. Smooth and shiny; glossy, as a highly polished surface, well-kept hair or fur, etc.
  3. Having a smooth, elegant contour
wet
Covered or soaked with a liquid, such as water:
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  1. Covered or soaked with a liquid, such as water:
  2. Involving the performance of experiments rather than the design or analysis of them:
  3. Not yet dry or firm:
insecure
Inadequately guarded or protected; unsafe:
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  1. Inadequately guarded or protected; unsafe:
  2. Lacking self-confidence; plagued by anxiety:
  3. Not comfortable or confident in oneself or in certain situations.
uncertain
Unsteady; fitful:
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  1. Unsteady; fitful:
  2. Not known for certain; questionable.
  3. Subject to change; variable:
unreliable
Not reliable.
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  1. Not reliable.
  2. Marked by or exhibiting a lack of reliability.
tricky
Requiring caution or skill:
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  1. Requiring caution or skill:
  2. Hard to deal with, complicated
  3. Like a trick in deceptiveness or intricacy
shifty
Able to accomplish what is needed; resourceful.
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  1. Able to accomplish what is needed; resourceful.
  2. (Now Rare) Full of shifts or expedients; resourceful
  3. Distinguished by frequent changes in direction:
slithery
Slippery
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  1. Slippery
  2. Like or characterized by a slither
slippy
(Dialect, dated) Spry, nimble.
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  1. (Dialect, dated) Spry, nimble.
  2. (Brit., Informal) Alert; sharp; quick
  3. (Slightly informal) Slippery.
skiddy
Likely to skid.
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  1. Likely to skid.
  2. Having a slippery surface on which vehicles are liable to skid
  3. Liable to skid or cause skidding:
slippery-as-an-eel
(Simile, colloquial) So slippery that it is almost impossible to hold with one's hands
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  1. (Simile, colloquial) So slippery that it is almost impossible to hold with one's hands
  2. (Idiomatic, simile, colloquial) (of a person) So crafty, or cunning that they cannot be caught by the police, although it is known that they are acting illegally.
lubricious
Having a slippery or smooth quality:
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  1. Having a slippery or smooth quality:
  2. Sexually stimulating; salacious:
  3. Full of or displaying sexual desire:
slick
Smooth, glossy, and slippery:
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  1. Smooth, glossy, and slippery:
  2. Superficially attractive or plausible but lacking depth or soundness:
  3. Sleek; glossy; smooth
slithery
Slippery
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  1. Slippery
  2. That slithers; that moves like a snake.
elusive
Tending to elude capture, perception, comprehension, or memory:
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  1. Tending to elude capture, perception, comprehension, or memory:
  2. Hard to grasp or retain mentally; baffling
  3. Difficult to define or describe:
evasive
Intentionally vague or ambiguous; equivocal:
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  1. Intentionally vague or ambiguous; equivocal:
  2. Tending or seeking to evade; not straightforward; tricky; equivocal
  3. Hard to catch, grasp, etc.; elusive
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Sentence Examples

  • A mist overhung the field and the hillsides were slippery with mud.

  • Sometimes the waves almost covered the rocks, and they were slippery and hard to walk on.

  • In the quarrels of the priesthood under the Empire it was St Bernard, the great abbot of Clairvaux, who tried to arrest the papacy on the slippery downward path of theocracy; finally, it was in Sugers church of St Denis that French art began that struggle between light against darkness which, culminating in Notre-Dame and the SainteChapelle, was to teach the architects of the world the delight of building with airiness of effect.

  • Clothes, saddles, reins, were all wet, slippery, and sodden, like the ground and the fallen leaves that strewed the road.

  • Such teeth are adapted only for catching slippery living prey, like fish.

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