slickness (noun)

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• slickness — slick UK US /slɪk/ adjective MARKETING ► something that is slick is clever or attractive to look at, but may not have much real meaning or any important ideas: »a slick magazine/brochure slick advertising/marketing/presentation »The Liberal Party …   Financial and business terms

• slickness — slick ► ADJECTIVE 1) done or operating in an impressively smooth and efficient way. 2) glibly assured. 3) (of skin or hair) smooth and glossy. 4) (of a surface) smooth, wet, and slippery. ► NOUN ▪ a smooth patch of oil, especially on the sea. ►… …   English terms dictionary

• slickness — noun 1. a kind of fluent easy superficiality the glibness of a high pressure salesman • Syn: ↑glibness • Derivationally related forms: ↑slick, ↑glib (for: ↑glibness) …   Useful english dictionary

• slickness — noun see slick II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• slickness — noun The property of being slick …   Wiktionary

• slick — [slɪk] adjective 1. a slick person uses clever talk to persuade people to do something, especially in a way that does not seem honest or sincere: • a slick investment banker • The public sometimes view the salesperson as being a slick fast… …   Financial and business terms

• slick — I. verb Etymology: Middle English sliken, from Old English *slician; akin to Old High German slīhhan to glide Date: 14th century transitive verb to make sleek or smooth intransitive verb spruce usually used with up II. adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• slick — adjective 1》 done or operating in an impressively smooth and efficient way.     ↘glibly assured. 2》 smooth, wet, and slippery or glossy: his face was slick with sweat. noun 1》 an oil slick. 2》 an application or amount of a glossy or oily… …   English new terms dictionary

• slick — 1 adjective 1 using clever talk to persuade people but in a way that does not seem sincere or honest: a slick salesman 2 a slick film, programme etc is cleverly made and attractive but contains no important or interesting ideas: the usual slick… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• slick — I UK [slɪk] / US adjective Word forms slick : adjective slick comparative slicker superlative slickest 1) a) done in a very impressive way that seems to need very little effort They ran a very slick promotion campaign, you must admit. b) a slick… …   English dictionary

• slick — I. /slɪk / (say slik) adjective 1. sleek; glossy. 2. smooth of manners, speech, etc. 3. sly; shrewdly adroit. 4. ingenious; cleverly devised. 5. slippery, as though covered with oil. 6. (of a tyre) smooth. –noun 7. a smooth place or spot, as an… …