slipperiness

English

Etymology

From slippery +‎ -ness.

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Noun

slipperiness (countable and uncountable, plural slipperinesses)

  1. (uncountable) The property of being slippery.
    • 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Constable (2009), page 475:
      He struggled out of the water, by clawing into the slipperiness, and climbing, not knowing if he was crawling onto the body of a sea serpent.
  2. (countable) The result or product of being slippery.

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