slipperiness

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Recent Examples of slipperiness The slipperiness becomes a source of misunderstanding when a cat is caught up a tree. Rebecca Van Laer september 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slipperiness
Noun
  • Untouched by any chain stores or contemporary slickness, the neighborhood’s highlights include the Tea House on Los Rios inside a 1911 Victorian, cottage-like Hummingbird House Cafe and Hidden House Coffee found inside a Craftsman.
    Staff report, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a slickness about the style of everyone who lives here, and Missy captures that.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Atlanta’s Bijan Robinson is one of the most difficult backs to bring down, with his speed and shiftiness.
    Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Vue’s combination of shiftiness with the ball and the ability to win the ball out of the air against opponents of any size, Manson said, is rare to find in any player — a combination of technical excellence and soccer smarts.
    Andrew Cornelius, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And when the surviving crew interrogates the android Ash about his treachery, the book has him pretty much spill the space beans.
    Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
  • When does compromise become treachery or defeat?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Ay, the superb slyness of that last response!
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Medium-full, with impressive concentration and excellent ripeness; there is a slight oiliness on the palate, along with very good acidity and significant persistence.
    Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Below, shop our 13 favorite formulas that a suit a range of concerns, from oiliness to hair loss.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • There is a real seriousness to the score — the scheming bad-guy music has the artfulness of Prokofiev, and even the sneaking-around cues have musical integrity and structure.
    Tim Greiving, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And Ten Hag’s training ground shrewdness was meant to correct that.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Democrats have stood still for this chicanery every time it’s been tried in the past.
    Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The trial was a kangaroo circus packed with sophism, subterfuge, and courtroom chicanery.
    Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Slipperiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slipperiness. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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