Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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glossy | Yes | Yes | No | No |
slick | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
glossy (noun) | slick (noun) |
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a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper | a trowel used to make a surface slick |
a magazine printed on good quality paper | a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water |
a slippery smoothness | |
a magazine printed on good quality paper |
glossy (adjective) | slick (adjective) |
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superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense | marked by skill in deception |
reflecting light | having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk |
(of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and shiny especially by pressing between rollers | having only superficial plausibility |
based on pretense; deceptively pleasing | made slick by e.g. ice or grease |
superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject |
glossy (verb) | slick (verb) |
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give a smooth and glossy appearance | |
make slick or smooth |