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slippery
adjective as in smooth, slick
adjective as in uncertain, unreliable
Example Sentences
Starting out in Igneada, in the north of the country, he walked along a slippery, uneven trail for half a day, through dense forest and sharp shrubbery in the direction of Bulgaria.
Back in BP, the Calder Quartet brought exquisite warmth to the sunny, slippery melodic lines in Missy Mazzoli’s “Death Valley Junction.”
It was Borthwick’s tactics and some slippery conditions that levelled that Parisian playing field.
Critics of her measure have raised fears of coercion and a slippery slope to wider legislation taking in more people.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby told the BBC that legalising assisted dying was "dangerous", and could lead to a "slippery slope" where more people would feel compelled to have their life ended medically.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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