how to pronounce slippery

/ˈslɪpɚiː/

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slippery is pronounced in three syllables

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slɪpɚ

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An example use of slippery in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… to say slippery but it's a it's a little …”

meanings of slippery

adjective:

  1. Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.
  2. Evasive; difficult to pin down.
  3. Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
  4. Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
  5. Liable to slip; not standing firm.

slippery frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word slippery occurs in english on average 5.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics slippery can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that slippery can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;

words that rhyme with slippery

drapery

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