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slippery

/ˈslɪp(ə)ri/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈslɪp(ə)ri/
slippery
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

slip - pe - ry -> slippery

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ချောသော။ ချော်သော။ မယုံရသော။ စိတ်မချရသော။ ရှုပ်ထွေးသိမ်မွေ့ပြီးကိုင်တွယ်ရန်မလွယ်ကူသော။ ကျားမြီးဆွဲမိသလိုကိစ္စမျိုး။

Full entry

slippery /'slÇpåri/ adj

၁။ (also infml slippy ) ချောသော။ ချော် သော။ a slippery road/floor ❍ Ice made the path slippery underfoot. ❍ His hands were wet and slippery.
၂။ (infml ) မယုံရသော။ စိတ်မချရသော။ Don't believe what he says—he's a slippery customer.
၃။ (infml ) ရှုပ်ထွေးသိမ်မွေ့ ပြီး ကိုင်တွယ်ရန် မလွယ်ကူသော။ the rather slippery subject of race relations ❍ You're on slippery ground if you start accusing him of dishonesty. ❍ Freedom is a slippery concept (eg because its meaning changes according to one's point of view).
❏ the/a slippery slope [IDM ] ကျားမြီးဆွဲ မိသလို ကိစ္စမျိုး။
Television sponsorship is the slippery slope towards loss of editorial independence.

More examples
  • Take care
  • the steps are slippery.
Synonyms
greasy, slick, oily, icy, slimy, smooth, dicey, cagey, changeable, crafty, cunning, devious, dishonest, dodgy, duplicitous, elusive, evasive, false, fly-by-night, foxy, glacé, glassy, glazed, glistening, inconstant, insecure, like a skating rink, lubricious, lustrous, mutable, perilous, polished, satiny, shifty, silky, sleek, slithery, sneaky, soapy, treacherous, tricky, two-faced, uncertain, unctuous, unpredictable, unreliable, unsafe, unstable, unsteady, untrustworthy, variable, waxy, wet
Antonyms
certain, coarse, definite, dry, forthright, frank, harmless, honest, reliable, rough, safe, secure, stable, trustworthy, unslippery
Cross references
greasyslickoilyicyslimysmoothdiceycageychangeablecraftycunningdeviousdishonestdodgyduplicitouselusiveevasivefalsefly-by-nightfoxyglacéglassyglazedglisteninginconstantinsecurelike a skating rinklubricious
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