KJV Dictionary Definition: slipperiness

slipperiness

SLIP'PERINESS, 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.

3. Lubricity of character.

slippery

SLIP'PERY, a.

1. Smooth; glib; having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; as, oily substances render things slippery.

2. Not affording firm footing or confidence; as a slippery promise. The slipp'ry tops of human state.

3. Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away. The slipp'ry god will try to loose his hold.

4. Not standing firm, as slippery standers.

5. Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; as the slippery state of kings.

6. Not certain in its effect; as a slippery trick.

7. Lubrious; wanton; unchaste.