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What is the adjective for slipped?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb slip which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

slippery
  1. Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
  2. (figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.
  3. (obsolete) Liable to slip; not standing firm.
  4. Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
  5. (obsolete) Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “I tugged on his jacket sleeve and tried to stop my boots from sliding on the slippery snow.”
      “And suddenly there is a Jinn, a slippery figure from the shadows. If it wasn't for her, everyone would be living happily ever after.”
      “But it would take another 500 years before another figure would take a shot at the elusively slippery dream of a lasting utopia.”
slippy
  1. (slightly informal) Slippery.
  2. (dialect, dated) Spry, nimble.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The situation is not helped by the fact that the mist is making the court damp and slippy.”
      “Despite the driving rain and the slippy under-foot conditions, both teams severed up some fine passages of play.”
      “Thank the good Lord I'd chosen my chocolate-brown satin Victoria's Secret grundies that morning, instead of something less slippy.”
slipless
  1. Without physical slippage.
slipped
  1. (plant) With part of the stalk displayed.
slipperier
slipperiest
  1. superlative form of slippery: most slippery
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Regular brake inspections are important all year round but even more so during the winter when roads are at their slipperiest.”
      “Throughout this case he has shown himself to be the slipperiest of liars and constantly changed his story to fit the facts.”
      “When it comes to not being trusted, he is the slipperiest, most unreliable snake at Westminster.”
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