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slickness
noun as in craftiness
noun as in foxiness
noun as in gloss
Example Sentences
When you land in Fort Mac, a town of 100,000, you immediately are overwhelmed by the slickness of the brand new airport.
Despite the slickness of the leather and the va-va-voom of the mini-dresses, the work—although not the effort—was evident.
For example, in his words: Multiply distances by five, heights by ten, and slickness by twenty.
No English can compass that amount of slickness; so her speech was left crude.
Obtruded instead is the astounding slickness of Mr. Sargent's technique: not the sitter, but the painter, is master here.
More buffing and the house took on a high shine, a slippery slickness.
I did him just as well as I knew how, making allowance for the slickness of oils.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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