slickness
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slick
(slĭk)adj. slick·er, slick·est
1. Smooth, glossy, and slippery: sidewalks slick with ice.
2. Deftly executed; adroit: "A jockey occasionally won a four-mile heat with a slick maneuver" (John Eisenberg).
3. Confident and effortlessly effective, especially in being persuasive: a slick political insider.
4. Superficially attractive or plausible but lacking depth or soundness: a slick writing style.
5. Slang Excellent; wonderful.
n.
1. A smooth or slippery surface or area.
2.
a. A floating film of oil.
b. A trail of floating material: a garbage slick.
3. An implement used to make a surface slick, especially a chisel used for smoothing and polishing.
4. Informal A magazine, usually of large popular readership, printed on high-quality glossy paper.
5. A smooth, treadless tire, often used for racing.
6. Slang An unarmed military aircraft, especially a helicopter.
tr.v. slicked, slick·ing, slicks
1. To make smooth, glossy, or oily.
2. Informal To make neat, trim, or tidy: slicked themselves up for the camera.
[Middle English slike, from Old English *slice; see lei- in Indo-European roots. V., Middle English sliken, from Late Old English -slīcian, -slȳcian (in nīgslȳcod, freshly smoothed).]
slick′ly adv.
slick′ness n.
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Noun 1. [画像:slickness - verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way]slickness - verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
2. slickness - a kind of fluent easy superficiality; "the glibness of a high-pressure salesman"
shallowness, superficiality - lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling
3. [画像:slickness - a slippery smoothness]slickness - a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"
smoothness - a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch; "admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs"; "some artists prefer the smoothness of a board"
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Translations
ذكاءٌ ماكِر
zchytralost
dygtighed
kænska
kurnazlık
slickness
[ˈslɪknɪs] NCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
slickness
[ˈslɪknɪs] n (= sophistication, skill) → style m brillant (= persuasiveness) → façons fpl mielleuses
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
slickness
n
(often pej: = cleverness) → Gewieftheit f (inf), → Cleverness f (inf); (of performance, style, writing) → Glattheit f; we were impressed by the slickness with which he answered → wir waren davon beeindruckt, wie glatt er antwortete
(of appearance) → geschniegeltes Aussehen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
slick1
(slik) adjective clever especially in a sly or dishonest way; smart. That was a very slick move! skelm, slim, vindingryk ماكِر وذَكي изкусен astuto mazaný geschickt lovlig smart έξυπνος, επιτήδειος mañoso (kuri)kaval, riukalik ماهر lipevä rusé חלקלק चालाक, चतुर gladak, spretan ravasz licik snjall, slyngur abile, astuto 巧みな 교묘한 gudrus, suktas veikls; viltīgs; glums licik glad glatt, sleip chytry هوښیار astuto isteţ; abil хитрый, ловкий prefíkaný premeten spretan smart, slug, snygg ซึ่งมีเล่ห์เหลี่ยม ustalıklı, marifetli, akıl çelen, kurnaz 狡猾的,巧妙地,聰明地 спритний; хитрий ماہرانہ، صفائی khéo léo, nhanh nhẹn 花言巧语的,圆滑的
ˈslickly adverb skelm بِذكاءٍ ماكِر изкусно astutamente rafinovaně geschickt smart έξυπνα, επιτήδεια de forma mañosa kavalalt ماهرانه lipevästi habilement בְּעוֹרמָה चिकनाई, चालाकी से spretno, glatko ügyesen dengan licik snilldarlega, kænlega abilmente, astutamente 巧みに 교묘하게 gudriai, suktai veikli; viltīgi dengan licik glad glatt, sleipt chytrze په هوښیاری astutamente cu abilitate хитро, ловко rafinovane premeteno spretno smart, slugt, snyggt อย่างมีเล่ห์เหลี่ยม kurnazca 狡猾地 гладенько صفائی سے khéo léo, nhanh nhẹn 狡猾地
ˈslickness noun skelmheid ذكاءٌ ماكِر ловкост astúcia zchytralost die Geschicklichkeit dygtighed επιδεξιότητα, ευστροφία maña kavalus مهارت lipevyys ruse עוֹרמָה किचनापन glatkoća, spretnost ügyesség kelicikan kænska abilità, astuzia 巧妙さ 교묘함 gudrumas, suktumas veiklība; viltīgums kelicikan gladheid sleiphet chytrość مهارت astúcia ingeniozitate хитрость, ловкость prefíkanosť premetenost spretnost smarthet, slughet ความมีเล่ห์เหลี่ยม kurnazlık 狡猾 гладкість مہارت sự khéo léo, nhanh nhẹn 狡猾
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