slickly

1. 1.

   with superficial plausibility

   “he talked glibly”

   Synonymsglibly

Questions about slickly

What does slickly mean?

slickly means "with superficial plausibility".

How many syllables are in slickly?

slickly has 2 syllables: slic-kly. The stress falls on "slic". In IPA it is /ˈslɪkli/.

What is another word for slickly?

Close synonyms include glibly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is slickly a common word?

slickly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.