slick, adj.
marked by skill in deception
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crafty cunning dodgy foxy guileful knavish slick sly tricksy tricky wily
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"cunning men often pass for wise""deep political machinations"
"a foxy scheme"
"a slick evasive answer"
"sly as a fox"
"tricky Dick"
"a wily old attorney"
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having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
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satiny silken silklike silky sleek slick
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"glossy auburn hair""satiny gardenia petals"
"sleek black fur"
"silken eyelashes"
"silky skin"
"a silklike fabric"
"slick seals and otters"
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having only superficial plausibility
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glib pat slick
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"glib promises""a slick commercial"
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made slick by e.g. ice or grease
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slick
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"sidewalks slick with ice""roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn't had time to wash away the oil"
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superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject
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facile neat slick
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"too facile a solution for so complex a problem""it was a neat plan, but bound to fail"
"a slick advertising campaign"
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