slick

made slick by e.g. ice or grease

“sidewalks slick with ice”

“roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn't had time to wash away the oil”

superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject

“too facile a solution for so complex a problem”

“it was a neat plan, but bound to fail”

“a slick advertising campaign”

having only superficial plausibility

“glib promises”

“a slick commercial”

having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk

“satiny gardenia petals”

“sleek black fur”

“silken eyelashes”

“silky skin”

marked by skill in deception

“cunning men often pass for wise”

“a foxy scheme”

“a slick evasive answer”

“sly as a fox”

a slippery smoothness

“he could feel the slickness of the tiller”

a magazine printed on good quality paper

a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water

a trowel used to make a surface slick

make slick or smooth

give a smooth and glossy appearance

“slick one's hair”

“They slick their hair”