Clues for the word "SLIPPERY"
We've had 17 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 13 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on October 06, 2025.
Definition of slippery
- a. - Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery.
- a. - Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.
- a. - Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.
- a. - Liable to slip; not standing firm.
- a. - Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle.
- a. - Uncertain in effect.
- a. - Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.
Referring Clues
- Elusive
- ___ as an eel
- Untrustworthy
- Hard to catch
- Like an eel
- Slick, as a surface
- Apt to cause a spill
- Like an icy road
- Not to be trusted
- Evasive - awkward to walk on
- Hard to grasp, like an eel
- Hard to grasp or walk on
- Devious in peril, spy adapted
- Like ice-covered roads
- Deceitful
- Icy
- Hard to hold on to
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - October 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 08, 2025
- Guardian Quick - October 17, 2017
- Guardian Everyman - April 09, 2017
- Washington Post - May 13, 2014
- Guardian Quick - March 18, 2012
- Guardian Quick - June 11, 2010
- New York Times - January 02, 2010
- New York Times - April 28, 2009
- LA Times - January 30, 2008
- Guardian Quick - August 08, 2006
- New York Times - April 15, 1999