Slippery; on which one readily slips. Also as quasi-n. (quot. 1553).

Having a smooth slippery surface or exterior; readily slipping from one's grasp or out of place, etc. Also figurative.

Of a substance (e.g. the metal mercury): Escaping from or eluding the grasp, slippery. Obsolete. rare.

Of a soft oily or greasy consistency; having a smooth surface, so as to slip or slide easily; slipping readily from any hold or grasp.

Slippery, smooth; slimy; oily.

Of appearance, feel, etc.: Resembling that of soap; suggestive of soap.

jocularly. ‘Soapy’, literal and figurative; unctuous in manner; ‘slippery’, evasive.

Slippery; smooth and oily.

Apt to flee away or flit. Of persons: †Ready to run away. Also humorously (of persons), fleeing; (of things) slippery. rare.