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UK
/slˈɪknəs/
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NOUN
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a slippery smoothness
he could feel the slickness of the tiller -
a kind of fluent easy superficiality
the glibness of a high-pressure salesman - verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
How To Use slickness In A Sentence
- The characters in my "story", the slickness of the images, and the allure of the technological processes, which tempt me away from the hands-on, traditional methods of working that, I know.
- Maher by contrast is all slickness and centrality — brilliantined, bespoke, with that pampered chuckle and long, connoisseurial nose. An Atheist Walks Into a Bar …
- For a moment, Helen stood very still, her expression apprehensive, her hands rubbing the ball, exploring the slickness of the horsehide and the ridges of the stitching. DIAMOND RUBY
- he could feel the slickness of the tiller
- There's no cross-section of early period lo-fi, mid-period big studio slickness and late period mid-fi compromise.
- Sophistication and slickness, sons of irony, they can worm their way strategically among capital and political systems.
- Today the Jacksons are so deeply associated with the showbiz slickness of Southern California, it's easy to forget their hardscrabble Rust Belt roots.
- Whichever way you use it, the result is the silkiest slickness you can imagine. The Sun
- The gearstick motions are short and quiet and the car handles with a surprisingly taut sporty slickness, putting one over on its more timid rivals, such as the Ford Fiesta and the Vauxhall Corsa.
- People use the term "slick" as if it were something other than a positive thing, but in the singing of Ann Hampton Callaway, slickness, along with amazing time and wonderful chops, is a virtue. Female Leads, Classic Beats, Gil at St. Pete's