slickness
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈslɪk.nəs/
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resbaladizo
- She saw white hair sprouting in his ear and the shaven slickness of his cheek and the starched texture of his white smock, the weave of the cotton minutely dear.
You can get around that by using ground penetrating radar, which avoids the surface water problem but and surface slickness problem.
- You can get around that by using ground penetrating radar, which avoids the surface water problem but and surface slickness problem.
Examples
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It was the waitress who poked the broom under the car and soon burst into laughter as the puppy lunged backward onto the slickness of the parking lot, then skidded around the building into the night.
Fiction book (1993) -
"When I saw that first wet fish, its slickness, its blue cord, I pressed my hands against my stomach.
Fiction book (1993) -
The blade was long and keen, and its cold slickness was unmistakably silver.
Fiction book (1992) -
I pounded a period with my hand, feeling the resistance of water, the slickness of cement.
Fiction book (1996) -
Other bones, bare except for a greasy slickness, are spread over the beach, stuck among rocks.
Fiction book (1991) -
There's a nice little slickness, softness that these have and they really respond well to this, especially with this brush.
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The slickness was like a wet dog's, muscled, hot, holding a potent faraway heartbeat.
Fiction book (1993) -
The scent of her arousal, the saltiness of the slickness between her legs, pushed his awareness to merge with the man-mind and body that was his whole focus.
Fiction book (1991) -
She's a bit disgusted by the slickness on her hands, and she stops to wash them with steaming water and dishwashing liquid, but they won't come clean.
Fiction book (1998) -
The slickness of the ice made it difficult for the skaters to maintain their balance.
Synonyms
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1.9
An even surface without rough parts
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4.3
How smooth a surface is that makes people or things slip
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3.2
A smooth, soft, shiny feeling like silk against the skin
A smooth, shiny surface like silk that feels pleasant to touch
Antonyms
How Slippery
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Slickness comes from the old word slick, which meant 'smooth' or 'slippery', plus the ending -ness that makes a quality. Think of oil on the ground that makes you slip — that's why slickness means the quality of being smooth and slippery.