What's the difference between slick and slickness?
Slick
Definition:
(n.) See Schlich.
(a.) Sleek; smooth.
(v. t.) To make sleek or smoth.
(n.) A wide paring chisel.
Example Sentences:
(1) BP sprayed almost 2m gallons of Corexit on the slick and at the leak site on the seabed.
(2) There is effective use of a scuba-like neoprene fabric which is slickly practical and gives a bold, shell-like silhouette to hooded coats and to sweatshirts which seems to reference the balloon and cocoon shapes that Cristobal Balenciaga invented to great acclaim in the 1950s.
(3) Here, anyway, is what increasingly seems to be the future: slick corporate logos flashing from prisons, hospitals, schools, detention centres, defence facilities, police stations and more, and a cut-price society pitched somewhere between Margaret Thatcher and Philip K Dick .
(4) If he ever scores a better goal than his first in United's slick 2-0 win over West Ham United , we may have to stop football altogether, because there would be nothing left to see.
(5) Held on the nineteenth floor of Broadgate Tower in the city, complete with panoramic views and a stunning sunset, this show delivered a wardrobe of polished separates, slick tailoring and chic dresses.
(6) But at the same time, it is a polished, slick, and highly-effective product in a billion-pound global business.
(7) Bush has also provided a taste of how he might spend some of the $100m he has raised from Super Pac donors, filming a series of slick ads (currently paid for by the campaign) that paint him as the business-friendly face of grownup America.
(8) Arguments rage, however, about how real this development is; whether it is slick and superficial or has reached deep into the city’s deprivation.
(9) The slick advert, released this week, shows a young couple flirting at a polling site , before the woman grabs the man by the neck and pulls him into the election booth as heavy breaths accompany a techno soundtrack.
(10) HTB's services, the preaching, even the miracles, are all slick and informal and the atmosphere seems to most people genuinely friendly.
(11) Grilled cuttlefish on a bed of chestnut purée comes dramatically drizzled with black squid ink and shredded fried leek, while the innocuous-sounding champi con foie conceals mushroom, foie gras, creamy alioli (garlic mayonnaise) and a slick of salsa verde.
(12) While its impact on retail is unquestionable, from user reviews of products through to its persistence in developing a slick, global department store, Rayner points out that there has also been plenty of pain for Amazon’s gain.
(13) Neither did the 66-year-old man with the look of a geography teacher in retirement speak in soundbites nor appear in slick suits.
(14) And the best car – the Aston Martin DB5 with smokescreen, oil slick, front-wing machine guns and passenger ejector seat, all of which Bond employs against carfuls of henchmen in pursuit … to no avail, because he ends up totalling it and getting captured anyway.
(15) Their focus on supernatural faith – on healing and speaking in tongues – is shared with LoveBristol, but E 5 put less emphasis on woolly jumpers and green politics and more on slick online videos and social media .
(16) That combination had earned them the lead, the England striker’s first Liverpool goal converted slickly to suggest a cakewalk ahead.
(17) They were definitely convinced by the slick [Isis] media.
(18) The equaliser was slickly constructed, the ball shifted smartly from left to right at pace with home defenders lunging in but unable to intercept, before Mohamed Salah curled a delicious shot beyond Petr Cech.
(19) And City – calm, professional, slick, assured – made absolutely certain the title race had experienced its final twist.
(20) With his sharp punching and slick ringcraft, Saunders had already proved himself by the time he arrived in Beijing.
Slickness
Definition:
(n.) The state or quality of being slick; smoothness; sleekness.
Example Sentences:
(1) BP sprayed almost 2m gallons of Corexit on the slick and at the leak site on the seabed.
(2) There is effective use of a scuba-like neoprene fabric which is slickly practical and gives a bold, shell-like silhouette to hooded coats and to sweatshirts which seems to reference the balloon and cocoon shapes that Cristobal Balenciaga invented to great acclaim in the 1950s.
(3) Here, anyway, is what increasingly seems to be the future: slick corporate logos flashing from prisons, hospitals, schools, detention centres, defence facilities, police stations and more, and a cut-price society pitched somewhere between Margaret Thatcher and Philip K Dick .
(4) If he ever scores a better goal than his first in United's slick 2-0 win over West Ham United , we may have to stop football altogether, because there would be nothing left to see.
(5) Held on the nineteenth floor of Broadgate Tower in the city, complete with panoramic views and a stunning sunset, this show delivered a wardrobe of polished separates, slick tailoring and chic dresses.
(6) But at the same time, it is a polished, slick, and highly-effective product in a billion-pound global business.
(7) Bush has also provided a taste of how he might spend some of the $100m he has raised from Super Pac donors, filming a series of slick ads (currently paid for by the campaign) that paint him as the business-friendly face of grownup America.
(8) Arguments rage, however, about how real this development is; whether it is slick and superficial or has reached deep into the city’s deprivation.
(9) The slick advert, released this week, shows a young couple flirting at a polling site , before the woman grabs the man by the neck and pulls him into the election booth as heavy breaths accompany a techno soundtrack.
(10) HTB's services, the preaching, even the miracles, are all slick and informal and the atmosphere seems to most people genuinely friendly.
(11) Grilled cuttlefish on a bed of chestnut purée comes dramatically drizzled with black squid ink and shredded fried leek, while the innocuous-sounding champi con foie conceals mushroom, foie gras, creamy alioli (garlic mayonnaise) and a slick of salsa verde.
(12) While its impact on retail is unquestionable, from user reviews of products through to its persistence in developing a slick, global department store, Rayner points out that there has also been plenty of pain for Amazon’s gain.
(13) Neither did the 66-year-old man with the look of a geography teacher in retirement speak in soundbites nor appear in slick suits.
(14) And the best car – the Aston Martin DB5 with smokescreen, oil slick, front-wing machine guns and passenger ejector seat, all of which Bond employs against carfuls of henchmen in pursuit … to no avail, because he ends up totalling it and getting captured anyway.
(15) Their focus on supernatural faith – on healing and speaking in tongues – is shared with LoveBristol, but E 5 put less emphasis on woolly jumpers and green politics and more on slick online videos and social media .
(16) That combination had earned them the lead, the England striker’s first Liverpool goal converted slickly to suggest a cakewalk ahead.
(17) They were definitely convinced by the slick [Isis] media.
(18) The equaliser was slickly constructed, the ball shifted smartly from left to right at pace with home defenders lunging in but unable to intercept, before Mohamed Salah curled a delicious shot beyond Petr Cech.
(19) And City – calm, professional, slick, assured – made absolutely certain the title race had experienced its final twist.
(20) With his sharp punching and slick ringcraft, Saunders had already proved himself by the time he arrived in Beijing.