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