OILIER

OILY

greasy, oily

(adjective) smeared or soiled with grease or oil; “greasy coveralls”; “get rid of rubbish and oily rags”

greasy, oily, sebaceous, oleaginous

(adjective) containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; “greasy hamburgers”; “oily fried potatoes”; “oleaginous seeds”

oily

(adjective) coated or covered with oil; “oily puddles in the streets”

buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous

(adjective) 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”; “soapy compliments”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

oilier

comparative form of oily

Source: Wiktionary


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. Fuller. Oily grain (Bot.), the sesame.

– Oily palm, the oil palm.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 March 2025

IMMOBILIZATION

(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”


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