slipperiness

• “Some persons use for rubbing a well-waxed flannel; but this in general produces an unpleasant slipperiness, which is not the case with the milk.”

  The Book of Household Management

• “The slipperiness was a disadvantage on the ground, since the aircraft leaked fuel when not flying, but at least JP-7 was not a fire hazard.”

  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]

• “I don't think that "slipperiness" adequately characterizes what we're dealing with here.”

  Income and Wealth: Alan Reynolds is Not Galileo

• “But I suspect it was the "slipperiness" that Nat Hentoff spoke of that allowed this biased polemic to slip under the radar of the editors of New York.”

  I Was Affronted: New York Cover Trashes Stalwarts

• “The advantage of true 100% synthetics isn't measured in lubrication qualities like "slipperiness", but more in longevity and "usability".”

  Cyril Huze Blog

• “slipperiness" number that tells how easily or how poorly one surface moves over another.”

  Freep.com - RSS

• “slipperiness' or looseness that will make getting out a challenge.”

  Planetary Society Daily Almanac

• “I have used mine in the wet with gloves on & did not remotely find any slipperiness.”

  Phil Bourjaily Picks The Best New Shotguns for 2010

• “But once the internal evidence piles up that the author might have political concerns in mind and considers slipperiness or carelessness or monomania in pursuit of them to be acceptable, soon he'll tend to be forcefully plainly preaching to the choir, because everyone else who was paying attention has tuned out.”

  Where is the Failure?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

• “The mannerisms that drive some people crazy were all there — vaults into notes from initial consonants a floor or two below; sudden shifts into near-Sprechstimme stage whisper; slide-whistle floating in high, soft phrases; a certain slipperiness of vowel (“uh” became “eh” fairly consistently).”

  Archive 2009-04-01

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