slickly

slick

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [slik]
- /slɪk/
- /ˈslɪkli/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [slik]
- /slɪk/

Definitions of slickly word

adjective slickly smooth and glossy; sleek. 1
adjective slickly smooth in manners, speech, etc.; suave. 1
adjective slickly sly; shrewdly adroit: He's a slick customer, all right. 1
adjective slickly ingenious; cleverly devised: a slick plan to get out of work. 1
adjective slickly slippery, especially from being covered with or as if with ice, water, or oil. 1
adjective slickly deftly executed and having surface appeal or sophistication, but shallow or glib in content; polished but superficial; glib: a writer who has mastered every formula of slick fiction. 1

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Origin of slickly

First appearance:

before 1300

One of the 15% oldest English words

1300-50; Middle English slike (adj.); cognate with dialectal Dutch sleek even, smooth; akin to slick2

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Parts of speech for Slickly

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Slickly

slickly popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for slickly

adverb slickly

aerodynamically — the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of air and other gases and with the effects of such motion on bodies in the medium. Compare aerostatics (def 1).
glibly — readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: a glib talker; glib answers.

All 2 Synonyms of slickly