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adj. 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"

slippery, slippy

adj. 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"

waxy, waxlike, ceraceous

adj. resembling or covered with wax; "as shiny as a waxy pippin"; "the ceraceous surface of the leaves"

oily

adj. coated or covered with oil; "oily puddles in the streets"

sleek

adj. well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-groomed; "sleek figures in expensive clothes"

saponaceous, soapy

adj. resembling or having the qualities of soap; "a soapy consistency"

lubricated, greased

adj. smeared with oil or grease to reduce friction

greasy

adj. smeared or soiled with grease or oil; "greasy coveralls"; "get rid of rubbish and oily rags"

lubricious

adj. having a smooth or slippery quality; "the skin of cephalopods is thin and lubricious"

nonstick

adj. (of surfaces especially of cooking utensils) permitting easy removal of adherent food particles; "a frying pan with a nonstick surface"

slick

adj. made slick by e.g. ice or grease; "sidewalks slick with ice"; "roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn't had time to wash away the oil"

sliding

adj. being a smooth continuous motion

slimed, slimy

adj. covered with or resembling slime; "a slimy substance covered the rocks"

slithery

adj. having a slippery surface or quality ; "slithery mud"; "slithery eels"

nonslippery

adj. not slippery; not likely to slip or skid

rough, unsmooth

adj. having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"

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