noun
Meaning 1
The property of being slick.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
slickness
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/ˈslɪknɪs/
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rhymes with -ɪknɪs
noun
Meaning 2
a slippery smoothness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he could feel the slickness of the tiller
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: slick, slipperiness, slip
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: smoothness
noun
Meaning 3
a kind of fluent easy superficiality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the glibness of a high-pressure salesman
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: glibness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: superficiality, shallowness
noun
Meaning 4
verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trickery, hocus-pocus, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: misrepresentation, deceit, deception
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English slick Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English slickness From slick + -ness.