slipperiness.

1. The quality of allowing objects or feet to slide because there is little grip.

2. The quality of being hard to define, hold to an answer, or rely on.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• slipperiness of the floor
• surface slipperiness

On the page

The slipperiness of the tiles forced them to move slowly.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.