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  • adjective superlative form of slippery: most slippery.

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Examples

  • For comparison, the slipperiest mainstream production car, the 2011 Toyota Prius has a Cd of 0.25, and a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 cuts the air with a 0.34 Cd.

    Volkswagen reveals 261-mpg Formula XL1 concept car 2011

  • Thus spake the press release: Effortlessly copes with low grip conditions…superb high-performance starts from standstill even on the slipperiest, snowiest and iciest of surfaces.

    The Coolest Ferrari Ever—Drive Carefully Dan Neil 2011

  • It is also the slipperiest four-door saloon in the world, with a drag coefficient of just 0.26 Cd. It is both stylish and elegant and has the potential to look sporty too.

    Black or White? 2010

  • It is also the slipperiest four-door saloon in the world, with a drag coefficient of just 0.26 Cd. It is both stylish and elegant and has the potential to look sporty too.

    BMW vs. Mercedes: An Indian View 2010

  • New Labour are the weasels in occupation of Toad Hall (noisy, ignorant, destructive and impossible to ignore) and Straw is the slipperiest weasel of them all.

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

  • It is also the slipperiest four-door saloon in the world, with a drag coefficient of just 0.26 Cd. It is both stylish and elegant and has the potential to look sporty too.

    Black or White? Sirish Chandran 2010

  • When you begin by assuming that every member of a group of over a million people thinks the same way, you've just put your foot on the very slipperiest of greased slopes.

    New Confirmation Emerges That Mitt Said No Muslims In Cabinet 2009

  • But the supplier builds an incline and then pours water on that surface and lowers the temperature to freezing, thereby creating the slipperiest of slopes, the quickest of treadmills, that find you running in the same old place if not backwards.

    Hale "Bonddad" Stewart: Why the Stimulus is Needed, Part II 2009

  • The production model, unveiled last September , improves upon the aerodynamics of the concept without losing its look—it's the slipperiest production car the company has ever designed.

    Build a Streamlined, Mass-Produced Electric Car 2009

  • Gryptonite soles kept us from sliding on even the slipperiest gravel, and a stiff rim on the outsole prevented stubbed toes.

    Test: 5-Megapixel Phonecams, Fleet Footwear, Pint-Size PCs, Hot Pressure Cookers 2008

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