Oily

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to oil.
  • adj. Impregnated, smeared with, or containing oil; greasy.
  • adj. Excessively suave in action or behavior; unctuous. See Synonyms at unctuous.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Relating to oil.
  • adj. Smeared with or containing oil.
  • adj. Excessively friendly or polite so as to sound insincere.
  • n. A marble with an oily lustre.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous.
  • adj. Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil.
  • adj. Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible; insinuating.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Consisting of oil; containing oil; having some of the qualities of oil: as, oily matter; an oily fluid.
  • Appearing as if oiled; resembling oil.
  • Fat; greasy.
  • Figuratively, unctuous; smooth; insinuatingly and smoothly sanctimonious; blandly pious; fawning.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. smeared or soiled with grease or oil
  • adj. coated or covered with oil
  • adj. containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
  • adj. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
  • Equivalent
    dirty    soiled    unclean    coated    fat    fatty    insincere   
    Cross Reference
    smooth    unctuous    oily bean   
    Variant
    oilier    oiliest   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    unctuous    oleaginous    greasy    supple    compliant    plausible    insinuating   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    coyly    doily   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    greasy    sticky    salty    yellowish    slimy    acrid    smoky    milky    sour    silvery