slickness [
'sliknis]
n. 光滑, 巧妙, 花言巧语
slickness[ noun ]- verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
<noun.communication>
- a kind of fluent easy superficiality
<noun.attribute>
the glibness of a high-pressure salesman
- a slippery smoothness
<noun.attribute>
he could feel the slickness of the tiller
Slickness \Slick"ness\, n.
The state or quality of being slick; smoothness; sleekness.
- While there's much to admire, in short, the book's odd combination of sensitivity and slickness, of penetrating characterizations and passionless prose, ultimately makes it as exasperating as Martha herself.