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Oily

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈɔɪli/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Oily is an adjective meaning Covered with or containing oil.

Meaning

Covered with or containing oil.

More Meanings

  1. Resembling oil.
  2. (figuratively) Excessively friendly or polite but insincere.
  3. A marble with an oily lustre.
  4. (in the plural, informal) Oilskins. (waterproof garment)

Example Sentences

oily swells; oily seas
Near-synonyms: slick, buttery; smarmy
oily machinery; oily rags; oily fish; oily cooking
His clothes were apt to look oily and smell of eating-houses.

Word Forms

Synonyms for oily

Depending on context, synonyms include oilish, oillike, slick, buttery, smarmy, fulsome.

oilishoillikeslickbutterysmarmyfulsomedirtyunctuousinsinceresoiledfatgreasysebaceousfattyuncleancoated

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include greasy, coated, unctuous, fatty, fat, buttery.

greasycoatedunctuousfattyfatbutterysoileduncleansebaceousdirtyfulsomesmarmyinsincerewaxenslicksmoothhangbold

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