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slick
noun
1 slick
A slippery smoothness:
— He could feel the slickness of the tiller.
synonyms: slickness, slip, slipperiness.
Dutch: gladdigheid, gladheid, slibberigheid
Polish: śliskość
2 slick
3 slick
A film of oil or garbage floating on top of water.
4 slick
A trowel used to make a surface slick.
verb
1 slick
Make slick or smooth.
synonym: sleek.
2 slick
adjective
1 slick
Made slick by e.g. ice or grease.
2 slick
Superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject:
— A slick advertising campaign.
synonyms: facile, neat.
3 slick
Having only superficial plausibility:
— A slick commercial.
synonyms: glib, pat.
4 slick
Having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light:
— Slick seals and otters.
synonyms: satiny, silken, silklike, silky, sleek.
Roget 255:
smooth;
polished
etc.
v.;
leiodermatous†,
slick,
velutinous†;
even;
level
etc.
213;
plane
etc.
(flat)
251;
sleek,
glossy;
silken,
silky;
lanate†,
downy,
velvety;
glabrous,
slippery,
glassy,
lubricous,
oily,
soft,
unwrinkled†;
smooth as glass,
smooth as ice,
smooth as monumental alabaster,
smooth as velvet,
smooth as oil;
slippery as an eel;
woolly
etc.
(feathery)
256.
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Polish: jedwabisty, jedwabny
5 slick
Marked by skill in deception:
— A slick evasive answer.
synonyms: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily.
Roget 698:
skillful,
dexterous,
adroit,
expert,
apt,
handy,
quick,
deft,
ready,
gain;
slick,
smart
etc.
(active)
682;
proficient,
good at,
up to,
at home in,
master of,
a good hand at,
au fait,
thoroughbred,
masterly,
crack,
accomplished;
conversant
etc.
(knowing)
490.
experienced,
practiced,
skilled,
hackneyed;
up in,
well up in;
in practice,
in proper cue;
competent,
efficient,
qualified,
capable,
fitted,
fit for,
up to the mark,
trained,
initiated,
prepared,
primed,
finished.
clever,
cute,
able,
ingenious,
felicitous,
gifted,
talented,
endowed;
inventive
etc.
515;
shrewd,
sharp,
on the ball
etc.
(intelligent)
498;
cunning
etc.
702;
alive to,
up to snuff,
not to be caught with chaff;
discreet.
neat-handed,
fine-fingered,
nimble-fingered,
ambidextrous,
sure-footed;
cut out for,
fitted for.
technical,
artistic,
scientific,
daedalian†,
shipshape;
workman-like,
business-like,
statesman-like.
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Polish: podstępny
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