slippy

Adjective
Synonyms: slippery

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)slippier, slippiest

  1. causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide“slippery sidewalks”“a slippery bar of soap”“the streets are still slippy from the rain”Synonyms: slipperySimilar slipping, sliding, slithery, lubricious, slimed, nonstick, slickSee also smooth

Related words slipperiness noun, sideslip noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Slip′py adjective

Origin: AS. slipeg.

Slippery.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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