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Quick definitions from WordNet (oily)
▸ adjective: coated or covered with oil ("Oily puddles in the streets")
▸ adjective: smeared or soiled with grease or oil ("Get rid of rubbish and oily rags")
▸ adjective: containing an unusual amount of grease or oil ("Oily fried potatoes")
▸ adjective: unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech ("An oily sycophantic press agent")
▸ Also see oiliness
▸ Words similar to oily
▸ Usage examples for oily
▸ Popular nouns described by oily
▸ Words that often appear near oily
▸ Rhymes of oily
▸ Invented words related to oily
▸ adjective: coated or covered with oil ("Oily puddles in the streets")
▸ adjective: smeared or soiled with grease or oil ("Get rid of rubbish and oily rags")
▸ adjective: containing an unusual amount of grease or oil ("Oily fried potatoes")
▸ adjective: unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech ("An oily sycophantic press agent")
▸ Also see oiliness
▸ Words similar to oily
▸ Usage examples for oily
▸ Popular nouns described by oily
▸ Words that often appear near oily
▸ Rhymes of oily
▸ Invented words related to oily