About The Word Oily

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Oily

Oily Meaning & Definition
Oily Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Oily?

[adj] smeared or soiled with grease or oil; "greasy coveralls"; "get rid of rubbish and oily rags"
[adj] containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds"
[adj] coated or covered with oil; "oily puddles in the streets"
[adj] unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Oily: buttery | coated | dirty | fat | fatty | fulsome | greasy | insincere | oleaginous | sebaceous | smarmy | soiled | unclean | unctuous

Related Terms | Find terms related to Oily: adipose | adulatory | bland | blandishing | blarneying | blubbery | buttery | butyraceous | cajoling | canting | chrismal | chrismatory | complimentary | courtierly | courtly | disarming | fair-spoken | fat | fatty | fawning | fine-spoken | flattering | fulsome | glib | goody-goody | greased | greasy | gushing | holier-than-thou | honeyed | honey-mouthed | honey-tongued | hypocritic | hypocritical | ingratiating | insincere | insinuating | lardaceous | lardy | lubric | lubricated | lubricious | mealymouthed | mucoid | obsequious | oiled | oily-tongued | oleaginous | oleic | Pecksniffian | pharisaic | pharisean | rich | sanctimonious | sebaceous | servile | simon-pure | sleek | slick | sliddery | slimy | slippery | slippy | slithery | slobbery | smarmy | smooth | smooth-spoken | smooth-tongued | smug | soaped | soapy | soft-soaping | soft-spoken | sophisticated | suave | suave-spoken | suety | sycophantic | tallowy | unctuous | unguent | unguentary | unguentous | urbane | wheedling

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Oily In Webster's Dictionary

\Oil"y\, a. [Compar. {Oilier}; superl. {Oiliest}.] 1. Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or substance. --Bacon. 2. Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil; as, an oily appearance. 3. Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible; insinuating. ``This oily rascal.'' --Shak. His oily compliance in all alterations. --Fuller. {Oily grain} (Bot.), the sesame. {Oily palm}, the oil palm.

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