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What does slippery mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word slippery? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
  2. (figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.
  3. (obsolete) Liable to slip; not standing firm.
  4. Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
  5. (obsolete) Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.
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Crushed leaves become slippery when wet, and the poor adhesion between wheel and track makes it difficult for trains to slow down and stop.
After peeling off outer skin, they polish it with castor oil, cactus jelly, curd, ghee and turmeric powder to make it smooth and slippery.
Getting funding, however, is more slippery than jellied eel in a pie and mash shop.
They were slippery with mud, filled with rabbit burrows and gopher holes and rather high up.
It appeared to have one more cloth under the heavier top cloth of thick high-quality fine weave, but was smooth and slippery like silk.
I shuffle my feet to make the shot, my grip on the racquet slippery from my perspiration.

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