(colloquial) slippery (tending to
slip away, as from a
grasp). It's slippy. I know if I give this to you, it'll become a repetitive-
command process, which it isn't.
-The Itsa Line (20 Aug. 63) (chiefly British) quick; alert;
sharp. Takes rather
delicate, slippy
auditing.
-R2H Fundamentals (7 Aug. 63) (British) quick; alert;
sharp. Therefore, you
got to be pretty slippy as an
auditor to
shift your gears from the
auditing cycle over into an
assessment, and
shift your gears from
assessment back to
auditing again, and know which one you're doing.
-Auditing and Assessment (3 Mar. 64) (British) quick; alert;
sharp. ...if you get these
points all down, you'll be pretty slippy.
- Campaign to Handle Psychosomatic Ills (28 July 64) (1) unstable, uncertain, insecure; that cannot be relied upon as lasting or assured. (2) (British) quick; alert;
sharp.
(British) quick; alert;
sharp.
(chiefly British) quick; alert;
sharp.
(chiefly British) requiring quickness alertness, sharpness.
(colloquial) slippery (tending to
slip away, as from a
grasp).
slippery. Used figuratively in this lecture.
unstable, uncertain, insecure.
unstable, uncertain, insecure; that cannot be relied upon as lasting or assured.
slippery. Used figuratively in this lecture. You can get 1=2, 2=12; you get any answer you
want out of an algebraic
formula if you just
throw a
zero in it-if you
throw a slippy
zero in it that says 1-1=2.