Slip'per-y, a.

adjective

a. [See SLIPPER, a.]

Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing any thing to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery.
Not affording firm footing or confidence; as, a slippery promise. “The slippery tops of human state.” Cowley.
Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away. The slippery god will try to loose his hold. Dryden.
Liable to slip; not standing firm. “Slippery standers.” Shak.
Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain. “The slippery state of kings.” Denham.
Not certain in its effect; as, a slippery trick.
Wanton; unchaste. [Obs.] Shak.