Oily - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈɔɪlɪ|
Brit.
|ˈɔɪlɪ|
adjective
- containing an unusual amount of grease or oil (syn: greasy, oleaginous, sebaceous)
oily fried potatoes
- unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech (syn: buttery, fulsome, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous)an oily sycophantic press agent
- coated or covered with oiloily puddles in the streets
- smeared or soiled with grease or oil (syn: greasy)get rid of rubbish and oily rags
Extra examples
The liquid has an oily feel.
The salad dressing was very oily.
He wiped his hands on an oily rag.
...don't store oily rags and other combustible materials in a hot attic...
He was wiping his hands on an oily rag.
The oily rags combusted spontaneously
Word forms
adjective
comparative: oilier
superlative: oiliest
comparative: oilier
superlative: oiliest
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