oily

[Oil·y]

Oily things are greasy, slippery, or covered with oil think a bowl of oily pasta or the oily garage floor after you've been tinkering with your motorcycle's engine.

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Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or substance.

Adjective S.
smeared or soiled with grease or oil; "greasy coveralls"; "get rid of rubbish and oily rags"

Adjective S.
containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds"

Adjective S.
coated or covered with oil; "oily puddles in the streets"

Adjective S.
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"


superl.
Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or substance.

superl.
Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil; as, an oily appearance.

superl.
Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible; insinuating.


Oily

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.
Oily grain (Bot.), the sesame. -- Oily palm, the oil palm.

Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or substance.

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