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[ oi-lee ] / ˈɔɪ li / SEE SYNONYMS FOR oily ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, oil·i·er, oil·i·est.smeared or covered with oil; greasy: an oily road surface. of the nature of, consisting of, or resembling oil. of or relating to oil. full of or containing oil. smooth or unctuous, as in manner or speech: an oily hypocrite. Origin of oilyFirst recorded in 1520–30; oil + -y1 SYNONYMS FOR oily5 fawning, smarmy, bootlicking. SEE SYNONYMS FOR oily ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM oilyoil·i·ness, nounnon·oil·y, adjectiveun·oil·y, adjectiveWords nearby oilyoilstone, oil tanker, oiltight, oil varnish, oil well, oily, oink, oinochoe, ointment, Oireachtas, Oise Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for oilyIt is oily, dark and almost rotten tasting, but it did not make me unwell. Tales of a Jailhouse Gourmet: How I learned to Cook in Prison|Daniel Genis|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST The meat glistened seductively with melted butter, piled high and steaming on top of a crisp, oily split-top bun. My Big, Buttery Lobster Roll Rumble: We Came, We Clawed, We Conquered|Scott Bixby|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST In the lean rainy season, the women switched out meat and oily sauces for vegetables. How Famines Make Future Generations Fat|Carrie Arnold|May 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST I always thought Ari Fleischer and Lanny Davis (two of the “experts” advising Snyder on PR) were oily. Dan Snyder’s Trail of Crocodile Tears|Michael Tomasky|March 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Oily, breakable touchscreens are largely a thing of the past. How ‘Her’ Gets the Future Right|Andrew Romano|December 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST If the color is too thin and oily the operator will find it hard work to smooth it evenly. Graining and Marbling|Frederick Maire Mr. Hunsden's eloquence was not, it will be perceived, of the smooth and oily order. The Professor|(AKA Charlotte Bronte) Currer Bell The blood in venesection has an oily appearance, and displays small particles like sand. Gilbertus Anglicus|Henry Ebenezer Handerson At this encampment we ate the last of our meat; and broke the bones with our hatchet for the oily marrow in them. Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume 28|Various In excess it renders one "too smooth" and "oily;" while its deficiency renders one boorish, unattractive and disagreeable. How to Read Human Nature|William Walker Atkinson
British Dictionary definitions for oily
adjective oilier or oiliestsoaked in or smeared with oil or grease consisting of, containing, or resembling oil flatteringly servile or obsequious Derived forms of oilyoilily, adverboiliness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to oilybuttery, waxy, slippery, creamy, oiled, bland, slick, lubricant, lustrous, polished, rich, sleek, smooth, soapy, soothing, swimming, unctuous, adipose, oleaginous, butyraceous |