slipperiness

  • 111wile — Synonyms and related words: Italian hand, Machiavellianism, acuteness, allure, ambidexterity, art, artful dodge, artfulness, artifice, astuteness, bad faith, bag of tricks, beguile, bestow, bewitch, blind, bluff, bosey, cageyness, callidity,… …

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  • 112wit — Synonyms and related words: ESP, IQ, Italian hand, ability, acumen, acuteness, address, adeptness, adroitness, airmanship, alertness, apprehension, art, artfulness, artifice, artisanship, artistry, assume, astuteness, awareness, balance, banana,… …

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  • 113slidornes — f ( se/ sa) slippery place, slipperiness …

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  • 114smoothness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Evenness of surface Nouns 1. smoothness, polish, gloss, glaze, sheen; slickness, slipperiness; blandness; evenness. See texture, friction. 2. (evenness) level, velvet, silk, satin; glass, ice; flatness.… …

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  • 115Danger — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Danger >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 danger danger peril insecurity jeopardy risk hazard venture precariousness slipperiness Sgm: N 1 instability instability &c. 149 Sgm: N 1 …

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  • 116slippery — slip|per|y [ˈslıpəri] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: slipper slippery (11 19 centuries), from Old English slipor] 1.) something that is slippery is difficult to hold, walk on etc because it is wet or ↑greasy ▪ In places, the path can be wet and… …

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  • 117eel — O.E. æl, from P.Gmc. *ælaz (Cf. O.Fris. el, M.Du. ael, Du. aal, O.S., O.H.G. al, Ger. Aal, O.N. all), of unknown origin, with no certain cognates outside Germanic. Used figuratively for slipperiness from at least 1520s …

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  • 118fishy — late 15c., from FISH (Cf. fish) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Sense of shady, questionable is first recorded 1840, perhaps from the notion of slipperiness, or of giving off a bad odor …

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  • 119mold — {{11}}mold (n.1) also mould, hollow shape, c.1200, originally fashion, form; nature, native constitution, character, metathesized from O.Fr. modle model, plan, copy; way, manner (12c., Mod.Fr. moule), from L. modulum (nom. modulus) measure, model …

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  • 120slide — (v.) O.E. slidan move smoothly, glide, from P.Gmc. *slidanan (Cf. O.H.G. slito, Ger. Schlitten sledge ), from PIE root * (s)lei slide (Cf. Lith. slystu to glide, slide, O.C.S. sledu track, Gk. olisthos slipperiness …

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