adjective
- comparative form of slippery; more likely to cause slipping or sliding
- comparative form of slippery; more evasive or hard to pin down
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The wet rocks became even slippier after the rain started.
- This floor is slippier than the one in the other room.
- Ice makes the sidewalk much slippier than snow does.
- The politician’s answers grew slippier as the interview continued.
- That soap is slippier than the brand we usually buy.
- The fish became slippier the longer we tried to hold it.