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Meanings of slippy in inglés

portugués
escorregadio
catalán
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Causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide.

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      escorregadio
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      Examples for "slippery"
      Examples for "slippery"
      1
      It's a slippery slope, said a Western diplomat familiar with the issue.
      Reuters
      2
      Of course, he would need a very slippery floor to do that.
      Wired
      3
      South Koreans are well aware of the slippery nature of DPRK diplomacy.
      Radio NZ
      4
      Of course, explicating the source of unfairness remains as slippery as ever.
      Numbers rule your world: the hidden influence of probabilities a...
      5
      Don't let our country set foot on the slippery slope of nationalism.
      BBC
      Usage of slippy in inglés
      1
      THE water was all slippy-sloppy in the larder and in the back passage.
      A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories
      2
      You make her marry the Prince, and be slippy about it.
      They and I
      3
      Take a pull at your own tap while you're there, and look slippy.
      Despair's Last Journey
      4
      If yer don't move-an 'movemighty slippy-you'llbe dumped headlong into the muck.
      The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
      5
      This cleanser feels light, fresh, removes makeup easily and has a lovely slippy texture.
      The Irish Times
      6
      But the bank's awful slippy and Paul went right in.
      Anne of Avonlea
      7
      Or were his muscles tight, his fingers slippy with sweat?
      The Guardian
      8
      Well, you'll 'ave to look slippy or you won't get a seat there either.
      A Daughter of To-Day
      9
      Look as slippy as you can, but be careful.
      The Lost Valley
      10
      Not many other boys in Family would have had anything but slippy in their heads.
      Dark Eden
      11
      Look slippy, or it'll be all up with me.
      Despair's Last Journey
      12
      Oh and his theory as to what made ice slippy held sway in the scientific world.
      The Irish Times
      13
      Two second returns to Edinburgh, young man, and I'll thank ye to look slippy over it.
      Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.)
      14
      A wet slippy heavy sliotar, a wet grip on your hurl, wet and messy turf underfoot.
      The Irish Times
      15
      It will soon be treacherously slippy on the track (here comes the rain again .
      The Irish Times
      16
      He handed me a bit of a kyard, but I dropped it, being slippy from the dishes.
      Three Men and a Maid
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      Translations for slippy
      portugués
      escorregadio
      Slippy through the time