What is "oily" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does oily mean in English? Meaning of oily definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "oily" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "oily": containing an unusual amount of grease or oil

Adjective

  • Meaning: containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
  • Example: greasy hamburgers oily fried potatoes oleaginous seeds
  • Synonyms: greasy oily oleaginous sebaceous
  • Similar: fat fatty
  • Meaning of "oily": unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech

    Adjective

  • Meaning: unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
  • Example: buttery praise gave him a fulsome introduction an oily sycophantic press agent oleaginous hypocrisy smarmy self-importance the unctuous Uriah Heep soapy compliments
  • Synonyms: buttery fulsome oily oleaginous smarmy soapy unctuous
  • Similar: insincere
  • Meaning of "oily": coated or covered with oil

    Adjective

  • Meaning: coated or covered with oil
  • Example: oily puddles in the streets
  • Synonyms: oily
  • Similar: coated
  • Meaning of "oily": smeared or soiled with grease or oil

    Adjective

  • Meaning: smeared or soiled with grease or oil
  • Example: greasy coveralls get rid of rubbish and oily rags
  • Synonyms: greasy oily
  • Similar: dirty soiled unclean
  • Adjective: Relating to oil.Smeared with or containing oil.(figuratively) Excessively friendly or polite so as to sound insincere.
  • Synonyms:

    buttery, waxy, slippery, creamy, lubricant, lustrous, polished, rich, sleek, smooth, soapy, soothing, swimming, unctuous, adipose, oleaginous, oiled, butyraceous, lardy, lubricative, lubricous, oil-soaked, saponaceous, smeary, bland, slick, compliant, fulsome, glib, hypocritical, ingratiating, obsequious, plausible, servile, smooth, suave, supple, unctuous, insinuating, smarmy, smooth-tongued, gushing, cajoling, coaxing,

    Antonyms:

    hateful, dry, hateful, dry,

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    oily in English: oily
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